'Dangerous, cynical, a sop': the best comment on Budget 2012

Independent Osborne doesn't think much about the have-nots Andreas Whittam Smith "To what extent do the Budget measures widen or narrow the gap between the haves and the have-nots? "This test has become more important as income and wealth disparities have grown. Indeed, over the past 30 years, the gap between the highest and lowest paid has expanded more quickly in Britain than almost anywhere in the world. "The average income of the UK's top 10% of the working age population is now nearly 12 times that of the bottom 10%." READ MORE...