George Osborne's plans to boost home ownership risk harming the housing market and leaving the treasury with a significant hole in its coffers, a powerful committee warns in a new report.
Read more on Faisal Islam's blog
Of zombie budgets and mortgage subsidies
The chancellor's plans to boost the housing market are "well down the list of Britain's economic to-do list, and arguably well up the not-to-do list".
Britain's most respected economic think tank was warns of "severe" spending cuts ahead. Our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, reports from Westminster.
Budget housing plans come under fire from Labour for offering a potential "second home subsidy" for the rich
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'Heavy hint' from Treasury: tax rises will come
Have Treasury civil servants been sending coded warnings that public sector cuts might be getting out of hand? The IFS thinks so, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Read more on FactCheck with Cathy Newman
FactCheck: Has Osborne hit home on the budget?
Are plans for the help to buy scheme likely to live up to government expectations? Based on previous housing policies, FactCheck isn't so sure.
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The budget is aimed at the "aspiration nation" - but will it make a difference? Krishnan and Jackie Long talk to people across the UK, while Jon Snow talks to shadow treasury minister Chris Leslie.
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As the budget reveals winners and losers, Jon Snow talks to Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury, and Robert Chote, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
Chancellor George Osborne unveils a new "help to buy" scheme to boost the housing industry, but lenders want assurances that it will not be uneconomical for them.
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Budget 2013: gloom, sweeties and beer
The government's borrowing about £56bn more than it thought it would as recently as December's Autumn statement.
