George Osborne climbs down on tax credits
George Osborne climbs down on tax credits

George Osborne climbs down on tax credits

FT News in Focus


25.11.2015 • 4 Min.

George Osborne, UK chancellor, has backed away from controversial cuts to tax credits for the poor as he sought to soften the blow from the deepest public spending cuts for a generation. Daniel Garrahan spoke to George Parker, the FT's chief political correspondent, about the climbdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.