The UK now faces a ‘lost decade’
George Osborne is trapped by his own rigid fiscal framework – so we get gimmicks, as with all chancellors under stress, writes Martin Wolf
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Spotlight falls on Osborne’s forecaster
The watchdog’s revisions to growth estimates forced George Osborne to announce further austerity in the autumn statement
Britain braced for ‘debt storm’
Osborne lays out another five years of austerity
Coalition closes ranks over hard choices
Lib Dems bite their tongues
Europe squeeze makes Osborne look soft
OECD forecasts are less than sanguine
Stage set for austerity with no end in sight
Freeze on pay and squeeze on tax credits
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Long live plan A as George reaches for plan B
Though the chancellor might be forced to rethink his strategy, for now he is sticking to a policy of hoping for the best, writes Philip Stephens
When the Christmas stocking shrank
Even Santa Claus has failed to rescue the UK from economic gloom, writes Tim Harford
Statement brings pain, pain and more pain
Long-term reputation of the government will depend in part on whether it manages to build for the future
UK economy: Osborne must be bolder
The government will try to turn an increasingly pear-shaped economy into another type of fruit with today’s Autumn Statement
Osborne embarks on damage limitation
While the chancellor has made some moves in the right direction, his autumn statement fails to boost growth and jobs, writes Jonathan Portes
No easy choices for an inflexible chancellor
George Osborne should go even further, shifting more resources from current spending to capital investment
Notes from history: 2011. They are the 1 per cent-ers
‘Send in the Gazelles,’ cries Col Osborne, announcing measures to support bank lending to the few fast-growing businesses that generate the bulk of jobs
Keep calm and carry on, Mr Osborne
George Osborne has a tricky task in front of Parliament on Tuesday. He will have to admit to a much gloomier outlook, while sticking to the multi-year deficit reduction plan he laid out last spring, writes DeAnne Julius
Money Supply: Osborne’s grim day
OBR forces chancellor to announce ‘augmented Plan A’
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Interactive: Credit easing
Chris Giles explains how chancellor George Osborne’s plan for credit easing, detailed in his autumn statement, is likely to work
What business wants from the autumn statement
Pressure mounts for George Osborne to address list
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