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George Osborne's pay freeze on public workers

06.10.09
Tory party conference: George Osborne ordered the nation to tighten its belt for an age of austerity, if the Tories take power... more

‘We’ve never seen public finances get so bad in such a short time’

29.04.09
Interview: Robert Chote’s think-tank pulled no punches with its cool-headed Budget analysis. No wonder the City rates him – and Gordon Brown is wary... more

Billions lost in recession are gone forever warns IFS

23.04.09
Britain has permanently lost billions of pounds because of the recession, the Budget small print revealed... more

Revealed: £45bn ‘hole’ in Budget

23.04.09
A £45 billion black hole in Alistair Darling’s Budget spells more tax rises, independent experts said ... more

Schools, housing and NHS face big cuts

19.03.09
Britain faces painful public spending cuts to balance the books after the recession, experts warned... more

Budget in disarray as UK dives deeper into the red

19.03.09
The Chancellor was given a splitting headache over the Budget as recession plunged Britain deeper into the red... more

Influentials 2009

02.01.09
From finance to fashion and politics to property, the past 12 months have seen dramatic changes in who wields influence in the capital. So who are the up-and-coming power players in London this year?... more

Secret budget tax blow for millions more

25.11.08
Independent economists have warned that Alistair Darling’s mini-budget will mean far worse tax hits than he claimed... more

Top earners to pay new 45% income tax rate

24.11.08
Alistair Darling is today expected to announce a higher rate of income tax for top earners as he sets out how he will claw back a multi-billion boost to the shrinking economy... more

Brown goes for broke to beat the slump

24.11.08
Gordon Brown is going for broke by gambling a fortune of borrowed money to beat the economic slump... more

£600m? Stamp duty move will not cost anything like that, say tax experts

03.09.08
The Government's £600 million stamp duty holiday looks set to be hundreds of millions of pounds less generous than Downing Street claims... more

PM's homes measures 'will hit 2012 legacy'

03.09.08
Gordon Brown is paying for his housing rescue package by cutting London's regeneration budget by nearly £60million... more

Comment: Inflation and the real economy

15.07.08
The succession of bleak economic statistics right now must seem to the Government to be almost endless... more

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