Economics / Markets

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.

Insight head of currency Dale Thomas expects sterling to remain weak for some time due to the current mix of tight fiscal and loose monetary policy.

Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party, has blasted the coalition Government's emergency Budget as "reckless" and says it will "pull the rug from the UK economy."

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The income tax threshold will increase by by £1,000 in April, the Chancellor said today in his emergency Budget.

Capital gains tax (CGT) will rise to 28% for higher earners from midnight tonight, but the rate for basic rate income taxpayers will stay the same.