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2 May 12
The UK economy will not emerge from recession and start growing again until the second half of this year, the CBI predicted today
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12 Apr 12
Charity bosses are calling on the government to reverse its decision to cap tax relief on donations
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27 Mar 12
Third sector leaders have called on the government not to lose sight of the public service reform agenda, following a Budget that made little mention of it.
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26 Mar 12
The interest rate cut for some local authority borrowing could scupper councils’ plans to issue bonds to raise funds for infrastructure projects, Public Finance has learned.
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22 Mar 12
The Budget was a missed opportunity to engage in some serious reform of housing taxation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today.
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21 Mar 12
The Office for Budget Responsibility has revised its growth forecast for the UK this year up from 0.7% to 0.8%, but the eurozone remains a ‘major risk’ to its prospects, Chancellor George Osborne...
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21 Mar 12
Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the government will explore a shift to regional pay in the public sector.
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21 Mar 12
The government will work with cities to devolve decision-making powers and encourage the private sector in areas where the public sector dominates the economy, Chancellor George Osborne said today.
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19 Mar 12
Chancellor George Osborne should use Wednesday’s Budget to abandon his ‘mono-policy’ of cuts, Unison has urged today.
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16 Mar 12
Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that a reduction in the top rate of income tax would be a ‘distraction’ from the stimulus measures that need to be taken to boost the economy.
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16 Mar 12
Next week’s Budget should allow councils to address some of Britain’s £200bn infrastructure deficit, the Local Government Association said today.
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16 Mar 12
Labour would tax bankers’ bonuses to fund a ‘job guarantee’ for unemployed young people, Ed Miliband has announced.
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14 Mar 12
Public sector employment fell by more than 37,000 between September and December last year, according to official figures released today.
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13 Mar 12
The chancellor should focus public spending on areas that stimulate growth while cutting taxes and red tape, the Centre for Policy Studies has urged.
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12 Mar 12
The Trades Union Congress has urged Chancellor George Osborne to take ‘bold measures’ to boost the economy in his Budget next week, including plans to tackle youth unemployment.
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12 Mar 12
Councils have called on the chancellor to use next week’s Budget to make it easier for them to issue bonds to pay for vital infrastructure.
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8 Mar 12
Poorer families and those with children will be hit hardest by imminent tax and benefit changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned today.
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23 Feb 12
As the UK feels the pain of the harshest austerity package since the war, don’t expect any letup in George Osborne’s March Budget. Better get used to the new normal, says Tony Travers
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21 Feb 12
Chancellor George Osborne has been urged to use next month’s Budget to end uncertainty over whether corporation tax powers will be devolved to Northern Ireland.
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21 Feb 12
The public sector recorded a surplus of £7.8bn last month, as a result of high tax payments and reduced borrowing from councils, figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.
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16 Feb 12
Gross domestic product for both the eurozone and the European Union as a whole fell by 0.3% over the last three months of 2011, Eurostat said yesterday.
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15 Feb 12
The unemployment rate climbed to 8.4% over the last three months of 2011, the highest since 1995, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
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14 Feb 12
The UK could lose its top triple-A credit rating amid worries over economic growth, a leading rating agency has warned.
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9 Feb 12
The Bank of England announced today that it would pump a further £50bn into the economy through quantitative easing to counter sluggish growth.
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6 Feb 12
European Union countries’ government debt increased to 82.2% of their gross domestic product at the end of September 2011, according to the EU’s statistical service.