Budget date set for 24th March

[Osem]

Originally Posted by danielf

I think you'll find that there has also been a global economic crisis that largely originated in the US, and that in all likelihood is going to force a substantial number of other governments to make similar cuts.

....and who set up and presided over the regulatory aspects of our banking system during the time the credit bubble inflated, all the time boasting about having broken the cycle of boom and bust??..

The fact that some other governments were as inept as ours doesn't excuse Brown's ineptitude or make me feel that much better tbh...

[Chris]

Meanwhile, on the subject of the budget, here's a view from someone who knows what it's like to have to set one in the shadow of a forthcoming election:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7073218.ece