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Teatime newslinks for Tuesday 29th November 2011

OSBORNE'S AUTUMN STATEMENT

  • We needed Osborne to be Thatcher today, but he was Brown - ToryDiary
  • The main points of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement from the Telegraph, and what you need to know according to the Spectator
  • Who were the winners, and the losers in today's Autumn Statement? 
  • Panel verdict from Chuka Umunna, Sheila Lawlor and David Blanchflower - Guardian
  • BBC editors analyse the Autumn Statement - BBC
  • Thinktank reaction  - Talking Points

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK & FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE HOUSEHOLD

  • Osborne announces massive stimulus package whilst admitting the economic outlook is worse than thought - Daily Mail
  • George Osborne opens his Autumn Statement: "Whatever it takes" will be done to protect Britain, as Europe heads towards recession - PlayPolitical
  • The Chancellor admits there may be another recession in the UK - Guardian
  • "George Osborne was forced today to acknowledge a grim picture of declining growth and rising unemployment for the UK in the years to come" - Independent
  • Jeremy Warner: The outlook was bad, but could have been worse: "Mr Osborne has been dealt a terrible hand. Luckily for him, the Opposition offers no kind of credible alternative. Nobody believes its five point plan for growth will do the trick" - Telegraph
  • Fraser Nelson: 'Osborne has made the right choice — but it's not without its costs' - Spectator
  • James Kirkup: "In essence, Mr Osborne's package means economic pain for everybody, no matter whereabouts in the economy they are" - Telegraph
  • Peter Hoskin: "Underpinning the whole Budget is an assumption that eurozone will sort itself out. And the excuse for that assumption is that the OBR couldn't possibly forecast the thousands of ways it could unravel" - Spectator 
  • Andrew Lilico: Osborne's Autumn Statement is a message that he is going to miss his deficit reduction target - Columnists' page
  • Andrew Clark: "At the centre of kick-starting Britain’s economy is the thorny issue of credit easing: at a time when scores of enterprises are going bust every day" - Times (£)
  • Melissa Kite: There are no answers to our financial woes in the Chancellor's statement' - Daily Mail
  • Janet Daley: "Did he truly believe that all this Brownian money-shuffling in order to spend more on gimmicky schemes was a radical programme for recovery?" - Telegraph

THE PUBLIC SECTOR & EDUCATION

  • Osborne announces public sector pay rises are to be capped at 1% - BBC I Independent
  • Cristina Odone: 'More free child care places won't win over women' - Telegraph
  • Toby Young: '£600 million extra for free schools is a well-deserved reward for Michael Gove' - Telegraph
  • British science is to be granted £200 million of extra funding previously threatened by cuts - Times (£)
  • Mary Riddell: "The warning implicit in the autumn statement goes as follows. If you hope for a bright future, don't be a teacher, a dinner lady, a health worker or a mother" - Telegraph
  • David Skelton: This public sector strike may further marginalise trade unions - Guardian

TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Osborne cancels fuel duty hike - Independent
  • The go ahead is given for 35 road and rail schemes "to support economic development" - PlayPolitical

POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS & REACTION FROM LABOUR

  • Roland Watson: "Osborne may insist for all Britain’s 10-year gilt yields are worth that he is sticking to economic Plan A but when it comes to the next election he already has a fully formed political Plan B" - Times (£)
  • "At worst, despite everything, George Osborne could reach an election in 2015 still running a deficit of 8 per cent of GDP" says Daniel Knowles - Telegraph
  • Daniel Hodges: George Osborne has as good as guaranteed his party victory at the next election - Telegraph
  • Cristina Odone: 'This was a provocative mini-budget, a real two fingers up at the Lib Dem coalition partners' - 3 reasons why the Lid Dems will hate this Autumn Statement - Telegraph
  • Balls describes Osborne's economic plan as a "colossal failure" - BBC
  • The Government's "economic and fiscal strategy is in tatters" says Balls - PlayPolitical

AND IN OTHER NEWS ...THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN TEHRAN IS STORMED BY PROTESTORS

  • Iranian students storm British embassy in Tehran - Guardian
  • A portrait of the Queen is looted by protesters - Telegraph
  • Iranian TV shows protesters storming the British embassy - Telegraph
  • Foreign Office comments on the security breach - PoliticsHome

OTHER TORY & POLITICAL NEWS

  • Sunny Hundal: "My Tram Experience' is shocking - but should it be cause for arrest?' - Guardian
  • Russian 'spy' who had an affair with Lib Dem MP Mike Hancok, can stay in the UK - BBC
  • James Slack: The very curious case of Mike Hancock and the (alleged) spy who loved him' - Daily Mail
  • Nigel Jones: 'How to get rid of a Tory leader' - Daily Mail
  • Chris Moncrieff: Speaker John Bercow's pomposity and self regard seem to have no bounds - Daily Mail
  • James Murdoch reappointed as chair of BSkyB, despite opposition from a fifth of shareholders - Times (£)

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