From UK Dec 5, 2012

Chancellor draws cheers from Tory benches

Osborne ©PA

Concedes deficit hopes too optimistic but still discomfits Labour

From UK Dec 6, 2012

Rating threat after Autumn Statement

Chancellor admits targets will be missed

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Osborne pulls off welfare masterstroke

Benefits move raises big money and is overwhelmingly popular

ed balls ©PA From UK Dec 5, 2012

Labour critical of missed debt targets

British industry falling behind, says Balls

Matthew Engel from UK Dec 5, 2012

Clutching at straws amid despair

Chancellor had no exciting headline, so why bother at all?

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Tories wary of growth measures

Disappointment chancellor had not been bolder

Nick Clegg ©Reuters Dec 5, 2012

Fat-fingered mistake ruffles coalition

Lib Dems backtrack after tax attack

A demonstrator holds a placard that reads "Money Kills" ©Bloomberg From LEX Dec 5, 2012

UK bank levy – populist agenda

Increase in levy is good politics, but terrible banking policy

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Regional pay for public sector rejected

Performance-related pay to be encouraged

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Corporation tax cut again

Osborne excludes banks from benefit

Janan Ganesh Janan Ganesh from COMMENT Dec 5, 2012

Candid Osborne avoids political risk

Chancellor needed an accident-free Autumn Statement

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Osborne plays safe to the squeezed middle

Chancellor has ruled out further taxes on property

Chris Giles Chris Giles from UK Dec 4, 2012

What to expect from Autumn Statement

Growth forecasts will be cut as debt overshoots Treasury targets

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Osborne to extend austerity into 2018

Low growth and high borrowing point to bleak Autumn Statement

From UK Dec 4, 2012

Plan to break Battersea transport deadlock

Osborne looks to prime Tube line extension

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