Economics / Markets

Chancellor George Osborne has raised VAT from 17.5% to 20% in his emergency Budget today.

Chancellor George Osborne has clamped down on the UK banking sector with a new tax on profits.

George Osborne has given British business a boost by introducing four annual reductions in the rate of corporation tax.

There will be a two-year pay freeze for public sector workers, Chancellor George Osborne said today.

Chancellor George Osborne today lowered the UK's economic growth forecast for the next five years.

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The FTSE 100 fell into negative territory in early trading today as jittery investors await details of today's emergency Budget.

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Leading City figure and associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Terry Smith has sold £40m worth of shares ahead of a likely rise in capital gains tax (CGT).

Chancellor George Osborne is set to raise the personal income tax allowance by £1,000 to £6,475 in the Budget today, removing more than 850,000 people from paying income tax.