Autumn Statement: Six charts George Osborne doesn't want you to see

On Wednesday George Osborne will make his final Autumn Statement before the general election; an event that could be overshadowed by new bleak fiscal forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Borrowing is also expected to be revised upwards by the OBR, with the cumulative deficit expected to reach nearly £280bn by the end of the decade – £75bn more than expected.

Other pressures on the public finances include a slowing housing market – likely to cut the £12.7bn in stamp duty takings previously forecast by the watchdog. While Mr Osborne will still be able to claim that the government is on track to eliminate the structural deficit by 2018, it gives him much less opportunity for pre-election giveaways.

Ahead of Wednesday, here are six charts George Osborne won't want you to see.

Public sector borrowing

Public sector debt

The rising cost of living...

Via Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

...While this has happened to people on low incomes

Actual earnings growth vs the OBR's predictions of earnings growth

As the TUC notes, if earnings growth between 2010/11 and 2014/15 had been in line with the OBR’s forecast during the June 2010 Budget, the Treasury would have made £175.6bn in income tax receipts in 2014/15 - £17.1bn higher than the estimated figure.

NHS debt

Yesterday George Osborne announce the government will put an extra £2bn into frontline NHS services - but a third of the government’s extra investment in the NHS will be money that has already been allocated to the Department of Health.

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