Budget 2012

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  Cameron's daughter-left-in-pub incident: is the PM just too 'chillaxed'?

  11 Jun 2012: Michael White: Other people, including past PMs, have left their offspring in the pub, but it can't help that this prolongs the budget 'omnishambles'

• George Osborne: I got it wrong on some budget measures

  7 Jun 2012: Chancellor plays down significance of U-turns and says he is focused on 'battles worth fighting'

• Cameron: budget errors left government 'ploughing into brick wall'

  3 Jun 2012:

  PM defends U-turns as sign of 'resolve, strength and grit' as reports of pre-budget policy disputes reflect badly on Osborne

• UK public spending since 1963

  3 Jun 2012:

  Back when the Beatles were having their first number one, the government spent £12bn a year, now it's over £600bn. See how the numbers have changed

• Cameron: government's U-turns a sign of 'resolve, strength and grit'

  3 Jun 2012:

  PM says it took courage to change course on key policies and defends refusal to launch investigation into Jeremy Hunt

• Government confirms U-turn on charity tax

  31 May 2012: George Osborne's reversal on removing tax breaks for donations is fifth policy climbdown in less than a week

• Coalition U-turns: the full list

  31 May 2012: Every about-face since the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government took power in 2010

• Charities hope for latest U-turn on donations

  29 May 2012:

  Conservative MP says ministers also preparing to stop tax relief limits on philantrophy after recent reversal on 'pasty tax'

• Tax U-turns: why James Bond is like a Cornish pasty

  29 May 2012: Michael White: Climbdowns on snacks or secret justice improve parliamentary accountability, but both are evasive and blow hot and cold

• Ministers 'preparing for rethink on charity tax relief'

  29 May 2012: Tory MP says charity plans in budget were conceived on 'back of envelope' as chancellor unveils pasty tax U-turn

• Ken Clarke 'chillaxes' at the cricket as the coalition makes new U-turns

  29 May 2012: Justice secretary waters down secret trials bill as George Osborne makes U-turn over pasty tax and caravan tax

• Pasty tax U-turn boosts Greggs shares

  29 May 2012: Greggs shares jumped 6.5% this morning to 498p after chancellor George Osborne was forced into a U-turn over the pasty tax

• A brief history of the pasty tax

  29 May 2012: The government's plans for VAT on food that cools down – such as Cornish pasties – quickly became a hot issue

• George Osborne forced into pasty tax U-turn

  28 May 2012:

  Government backs down over chancellor's budget measures and agrees concessions on secret courts plan

• UK Uncut targets 'architects of austerity' with weekend street parties

  25 May 2012:

  Eleven separate demonstrations to take place across the UK on Saturday to protest against government's cuts agenda

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