The I reported today "Osborne needs a minor miracle to keep on track", referring to the weakest set of October public finance figures for 6 years - the borrowing figure for last month was well above expectations.
Meanwhile ..........
"Sub-prime mortgages make a surprise return to UK market" (lending to people with poor credit histories - said to be cause of 2008 crash) (Guardian 31.10.15)
"Top firms on CBI Advisory Panel failing to pay living wage" (Guardian 7.11.15)
"A new sheriff in a small town" (Frinton residents pay £2 a week for private security since they are now totally reliant on PCSOs) (Guardian 7.11.15)
"Growing care homes crisis will transfer cost burden to NHS" (Guardian 7.11.15)
"Risky to leave forensics to private sector, warns expert" (The I 30.10.15)
"UK losing leverage on world stage, says report" (The I 3.11.15)
"Rising fees behind the "collapse" in part-time students" (The I 29.1015)
"Return of Victorian diseases" (The I 28.10.15)
"Most workers to be "worse off" under new state pension" (Guardian 27.10.15)
"Budget cuts put children's centres at risk of closure" (Guardian 19.10.15)
"Over-stretched neonatal units risk to babies" (Guardian 19.10.15)
"Further Education colleges on edge of bankruptcy" (Guardian 19.10.15)
"MPs warn that pensioners face mis-selling scandal" (Guardian 19.10.15)
"Growth in low-paid self-employed jobs" (The I 5.10.15)
"Courts charges depriving victims of payouts" (The I 14.10.15)
"Planning verdicts take three times longer after cuts" (The I 14.10.15)
"Legal Aid reform is shambles, says whistleblowers" (The I 17.10.15)"
"Reliance on food banks means Britain faces health nightmare (The I 7.9.15)
"Fifty magistrates quit over "unfair" court fees (The I 5.9.15)
"46,000 "Meals on Wheels" services cut" (number of elderly people admitted to hospital with malnutrition continues to rise (The I 13.1..15)
"HMRC staff braced for thousands of job cuts as 137 tax offices to close" (Guardian 12.11.15)
"Crisis in home care for the elderly sees thousands go hungry" (Daily Mail 7.10.15)
"Domestic violence refuge provision at crisis point warns charities" (Guardian 3.8.14)
"Closure of food testing laboratories "could put public safety at risk" (closure of 2 of England's 5 food, water and environmental laboratories) (The I 21.11.15)
"Legal Aid reform is blocked after solicitors' protest" (The I 21.11.15)
"Fit-to-work tests "causing suicides" (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health) (The I 17.11.15)
"Savills warns of house-buying gap (around 350,000 new households will be unable to afford rent or buy within the next 5 years) The I 17.11.15)
Just a few of the examples of the real cost of these tax cuts.
You couldn't make it up could you?