Party Vibe

Tory axeman George Osborne secretly included a field for a horse on his taxpayer-funded expenses.
His outrageous Commons claim for the piece of land is exposed after experts demolished the Chancellor’s pretence that his brutal policies are fair.
The poorest 40% lose more from cuts and tax rises in his crisis mini-budget than the richest 10%, the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies found.
It also found a £27billion black hole in his plans and boss Paul Johnson warned the NHS and pensioners – so far protected – could be in the firing line.
Mr Osborne, who earns £134,565 and has a £4million trust fund, said he was sharing the nation’s pain yesterday as he defended his Autumn Statement.
“I took a pay cut and froze my pay on taking this job,” he said.
But his claims that “we are all in this together” were ridiculed after documents showed the taxpayer-funded mortgage for his second home also covered the paddock.
Mr Osborne and author wife Frances bought the land with their exclusive Cheshire farmhouse for £455,000 in 2000, Land Registry documents show.
He extended a mortgage on his London home to pay for it but started claiming expenses towards the cost when he became an MP the following year.

In 2003 he took out a separate £450,000 mortgage on the house and land at Harrow Fold Farm, near Macclesfield, charging taxpayers the interest.
In all, the MP claimed up to £100,000 for the cost of the loan before selling the house and acre of land this year.
The Land Registry papers, unearthed by Channel 4’s Dispatches, show he got up to £1million – more than thought – from the sale.
He did not mention the paddock during a Commons inquiry which found he overclaimed for the mortgage.
Labour’s John Mann said he could face a tax investigation to see if the land was a “benefit in kind” and said he should give his £450,000 profit back to taxpayers.
“The millions of people across the country paying the price of George Osborne’s austerity measures will be appalled to learn they have been paying for him to have a paddock,” Mr Mann said.
“Mr Osborne clearly didn’t need it to discharge his parliamentary duties, which is what Commons expenses are supposed to cover.”
The Chancellor came under more pressure as a credit rating agency said *Britain’s AAA status was at risk because borrowing was so high.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said the mini-budget meant a working family with children on £20,000 would lose £279 a year.
An aide of Mr Osborne said he had to buy the paddock with the house, even though it is registered separately rather than as one property.
“It was sold as one and had to be bought as one,” he said.