Economics / Markets

The FTSE 100 opened higher, up 0.35% or 18.22 points to 5,196.74 following Wall Street's late rally.

George Osborne's "unavoidable" increase in VAT, the single largest revenue raising measure in Tuesday's Budget, could have been avoided if the Chancellor had not decided to cut other taxes.

OMAM's Simon Murphy explains the differences between economic and market cycles and why they are both important to investors

Buyout vehicle Resolution has bought Axa Life for £2.75bn in a deal part-funded by a rights issue of approximately £2.05bn.

This will go down as one of the most controversial Budgets of modern times...but it could have been even more dramatic

A fall in mining shares on the back of drops in metal prices led the FTSE down 0.8% to 5,202.85 points in early trading.

The coalition Government is rolling out an annual family financial health check as part of its new national financial advice service.

Entrepreneur's relief was extended in today's emergency Budget as George Osborne set out plans to kick-start the economy by rejuvenating the private sector.

Economists are broadly positive on measures announced in the emergency Budget and are scrambling to revise their own growth forecasts in light of the austerity measures.

Here are all the key facts from yesterday's "tough but fair" Budget.