The UK economy is expected to grow more strongly this year than previously anticipated, while fewer jobs will be lost in the public sector, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility
A leading think-tank has disproved government claims that the June Budget was 'progressive', saying the measures introduced will hit the poorest hardest
Economic forecasts this week say that the fiscal tightening set out in the coalition government’s June Budget has increased the risk of a double-dip recession
Housing groups are warning today that benefit reforms brought in under last month's Budget threaten to make three quarters of a million people homeless
The outgoing chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has denied he was forced to rush out revised employment figures following political interference
The Office for Budget Responsibility made last-minute revisions to its public sector employment forecasts just before the Budget, leading commentators to question its independence
Sir Alan Budd is to step down as chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility at the end of July, after just one three-month term in the job, it was announced today
Ring-fencing the NHS budget has given the government 'a licence' for fundamental reform, according to the new Conservative chair of the Commons health select committee
The Budget revealed for the first time the scale of the austerity ahead - and it amounts to the longest and deepest period of public spending cuts since the Second World War. Rowena Crawford and...
Ahead of the Spending Review, government departments face the tough task of making deep savings while protecting frontline services. Steve Freer offers ministers some timely advice
Radical plans to reform the welfare system are already being undermined by the Treasury and other government departments, casting doubts on their viability, Public Finance has learnt
Think we've got problems? This weekend's G20 summit in Toronto will put Britain's austerity Budget in context. Dan Corry reports on the global economic tensions that threaten to undermine the recovery
