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The coalition government's cuts to child benefit for anyone earning over £44,000 is ‘a worry' and answers from the Treasury are ‘not good enough', pensions minister Steve Webb has been caught saying.

Sickness benefit claimants are ‘not well prepared' for Work Capability Assessments (WCA) that decide their eligibility, an investigation has revealed.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be renamed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and a consultation has been launched into its overhaul on a social rather than medical basis.

Economists are urging caution on the impact of the coalition government's deficit reduction plans, despite upwardly revised growth forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry into Britain's tax policy to find out how it can be used to encourage economic growth.

The majority of advisers are pinning their hopes on the coalition government, rather than the FSA, to improve the financial services sector.

Lord Young has quit as the Prime Minister's enterprise adviser after he told a newspaper many Britons had "never had it so good" despite a "so-called recession".

Labour shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves explains to Sebastian Cheek why the government's indexation switch needs further thought.

The UK's economic growth will be 'subdued' in 2011, held back by fiscal tightening and weak real income growth, according to a new OECD report.

Individuals will be responsible for commissioning their own care services and managing their own care budgets, according to plans revealed by the government.