Once again, the biggest losers from George Osborne’s budget are women

Labour needs to have the strength to stand for a better approach – for a stronger economy with sustainable public finances and a fairer, less divided country.

By Yvette Cooper

(Photo By What's in the box? Bad news for women, mainly. Photo: Getty Images)

A Budget that betrays working parents – that’s what we’ve had from George Osborne today.

Families with kids are going to be really hard hit by the Tories plans. Women are going to be hit more than twice as hard as men – by a Chancellor and a Prime Minister who clearly don’t give a damn about working parents’ lives.