George Osborne

Leeds MP slams the Chancellor’s budget plans

9 July 2015
Yorkshire Voice Reporter

George Osborne’s budget has been branded ‘barbaric’ by Leeds East MP Richard Burgon.

The Labour MP said the Chancellor plans to take money from the poorest in the city and hand it to the wealthiest.Read More »Leeds MP slams the Chancellor’s budget plans

Living Wage announcement given thumbs up in Horsforth

8 July 2015
Yorkshire Voice Reporter

George Osborne and the red box

By David Mackie

The increasing of the minimum wage into a ‘living wage’, announced by George Osborne in today’s Budget, has been tentatively welcomed by people in Horsforth.

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