
Owen Jones, social commentator: Claiming people are better off than 2010. George Osborne might as well knock on every door in Britain and laugh in our faces
Lynne Featherstone, home office minister: Excellent - personal tax allowance to rise to £11k. That's a key @LibDems policy delivered in Government
Evan Davis, BBC journalist: I simply don't get this idea of the "Britain as most prosperous major nation". What basis for thinking we can do that
Citizens Advice: Raising amount people earn before paying National Insurance would benefit low earners more than increasing personal allowance
Chris Goulden, Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Three in five of those going into work from unemployment can only get a low paid job #Budget2015
Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist: IFS Paul Johnson 'irritated+frustrated' they won't say where cuts fall, how Osbo cuts £12bn benefits? 'V substantial'-but where?
Steve McCabe, Labour shadow children's minister: Nothing for NHS. Nothing done about Hedge Funds or tax havens. First time since 1920s people earning less at end of a Parliament
Children's Society: #Budget2015 hugely disappointing - failed to protect young people. Register of missing children must be created
Labour press team: Working people are £1,600 a yr worse off than 2010 - it's a recovery for the few from a Govt of the few #Budget2015
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