Gordon Brown is presenting his 11th Budget on Wednesday.  What are we hoping that he will deliever?

What has Mr Brown achieved? (Assessment by the BBC's economics editor Evan Davis)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6459543.stm

Gordon Brown: A decade of Budgets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6442161.stm

The normally well informed Larry Elliott (Guardian Economics editor) basically gives the Budget in this mornings paper:

'Budget to give tax breaks for green homes'
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/economics/story/0,,2037235,00.html

So if these various leaks are true will it be enough to pacify Labour members?  Will a so-called 'Green Budget', increases in spending on Education and a possible cut in business corporation tax lead to a surge in the polls?

I just hope the Chancellor has something more up his sleeze on Wednesday afternoon.  He has produced some shocking performances in recent months i.e his conference speech and his pre-Budget report.  Let's hope this blog entry is correct:

Will Budget Day launch Gordon?
http://broganblog.dailymail.co.uk/2007/03/will_budget_day.html

With the latest contender in the leadership election, Michael Meacher, claiming that New Labour has had it, with Frank Field suggesting the party needs to skip a generation to remain viable, and with the commentariat stating that MPs and CLPs in marginal consitutencies are becoming increasingly concerned that Brown won't be able to prevent a Tory victory at the next election, I wondered what the grass-roots actually thought about a Brown led Labour party?

Three terms in government, and the prospect of a fourth have been built on the back of a stable economy. Today's inflation announcement could now signal the start of the end for New Labour.

Today marks the lowest NHS waiting lists since records began - but does anyone believe it or care?

The Chancellor will deliever his 10th PBR on Wednesday, what do people hope he will mention?  It seems that from most of the Sunday papers that the Chancellor will upgrade his economic forecasts and probably mention the 'green agenda'.  A whole series of reports will be published alongside the PBR on local planning and skills.  Will all this be enough to answer the Chancellor's various critics?

Growth in Q3 better than expected

The economy continues to grow above trend.

Th oil price has reached $76 per barrel and may reach $100 per barrel.

Small Businesses are not taking up R&D tax credits which could save them corporation tax.

The Pound passes the Yen as a Reserve Currency, showing International Endorsement of the British Economy and the Labour Government

I've greatly enjoyed reading these pages since the website launched and have longed to write an entry addressing my own thoughts on the Labour Party's current direction. Perhaps it is my youthful naivete, but I can't understand all the doom and gloom that currently surrounds the Party's prospects.

GDP

We get a lot of wittering from Tories about The National debt under Labour.