Keep a low profile when you meet the PM, Mr Chairman
If we wanted to add new capacity anywhere in Europe right now, the UK would no doubt be the place to do it. But we do not, writes Richard Lambert
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Osborne takes on the pension lobby
Pulling back the UK tax and benefit system’s bias towards the elderly is a necessary reform and one that only a bold chancellor will be able to effect
Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ does not go far enough
A fair tax system treats everyone with the same income equally. Pension incomes have risen strongly in recent years, writes Tim Leunig
Robbing selective Peter to pay for collective Paul
By only cutting the top rate of tax to 45%, Osborne has chosen to be hung for a lamb when he could have been hung for a sheep, writes Samuel Brittan
A Budget without economic significance
There will either be a recovery in 2013 and 2014 as Mr Osborne hopes or there will not. His influence is now essentially zero, writes Martin Wolf
An audacious gamble from the artful Osborne
FT Editorial: The chancellor’s plan requires the private sector to step into the state’s shoes as it retreats. The challenge is to encourage it to invest more
A roll of the dice on the top rate of tax
Mr Osborne’s measures were all about the dynamics of the UK coalition and the balance of power within the Tory party, writes Philip Stephens
Osborne’s unpalatable drip, drip, drip medicine
Like the cold remedy, people have assumed that if it is not hurting, it is not working, but this might be when resistance to cuts breaks out, says Matthew Engel
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