Tories force tax change to Finance Bill
Press Review 8 April 2005
The government got its slimmed-down Finance Bill through parliament on Thursday, but the Tories won key concessions on delaying controversial new tax avoidance measures.
Finance Act 2005
Legislation 5 April 2005
A hastily-introduced Bill to enact the measures in the Budget that could not wait until after the election.
Issue of the Day: Will the Budget win Labour the election?
News Article 5 April 2005
Party spokesmen debate the impact of chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget.
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Budget delivers eight-point Labour lead
News Article 22 March 2005
Labour has increased its lead over the Tories to eight points in the latest opinion poll.
Labour surges to eight-point lead
Press Review 22 March 2005
Labour increased its opinion poll lead over the Conservatives by three points last month, according to an ICM poll for the Guardian.
Tory leader attacks 'failing' Scottish Labour
News Article 18 March 2005
Conservative leader Michael Howard has branded Scottish Labour the party of "urban deprivation".
Brown Budget lifts Labour
News Article 18 March 2005
Gordon Brown has soared ahead of Tony Blair in the popularity stakes just weeks before the expected general election, according to a new survey.
Treasury predicts house price fall
Press Review 18 March 2005
The Treasury expects house prices to fall this year by one per cent, reports the FT.
Brown receives boost in new poll
Press Review 18 March 2005
Gordon Brown is Labour's primary asset ahead of the expected general election, according to a post-Budget YouGov poll for Friday's Telegraph.
Labour: Our council tax cuts would go further
News Article 17 March 2005
Labour has highlighted differences between its council tax cut for pensioners and that of the Tories.
Experts question wisdom of Brown's Budget
News Article 17 March 2005
Respected finance experts have questioned whether the chancellor has unveiled a vote winning Budget.
Budget 2005: Commentators respond
Press Review 17 March 2005
Political and economic commentators react to yesterday's Budget.
