The Chancellor yesterday (November 25) set out the state of the economy in the Autumn Statement and his spending plans for the next four years in the Spending Review.

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The Chancellor’s latest Autumn Statement was littered as ever with grandiose promises and  a declaration that the Conservatives are the builders of a ‘better future’.

But are they?

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It was very alarming to hear the Chancellor say, in his  Autumn Statement, “So today we confirm we’ll extend the same support and conditionality we currently expect of those on JSA to over 1 million more benefit claimants”.

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There was a time (2006, in case we had forgotten) when then opposition leader, now Prime Minister, David Cameron was keen to be photographed with huskies on an environmental research trip to Norway

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If there is one thing George Osborne is good at, it’s telling a positive story. Yesterday’s speech to the House of Commons was a case in point. He gave a confident, positive speech that appeared to eliminate all the negatives created by his tax credits fiasco putting him back in the running for party leader. And, as usual, the media were willing to shower him with praise.

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A new film, Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food, launched today by UNISON and War on Want, lays bare the grave threat a new trade deal poses to the food we eat.

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Jewish, Muslim and Christian organisations will march together calling for action to address climate change on 29 November, united by a shared concern for protection of the earth and all who live on it.

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