UK Budget 2012: What does the research say?

The Budget on 21 March generated much discussion about how the proposed changes will affect the UK and its economy.

Routledge have put together a selection of free to access articles that contribute to the debate by exploring some of the key issues further. (It appears they will be free only for a limited time.)

The key issuses explored are:

• tax
• debt and deficits
• jobs
• housing
• pensions
• responses to the fiscal crisis