George Osborne

We look at ways investors can take advantage of the rising tide in the housing market.

Measures to increase confidence in the UK housing market could herald a new house price bubble, economists have warned.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has added a further ten alleged tax dodgers to its ‘most wanted' list, as the department faced criticism for so far apprehending only one of 20 original fugitives.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has renewed its calls on the UK government to do more to boost the economy, but Chancellor George Osborne has received support for his austerity programme from IMF member countries.

Top economic forecasters are predicting an export boom for Britain next year that would provide a powerful pre-Election boost for George Osborne.

Chancellor George Osborne says the government will not need to raise taxes to meet the deficit reductions after the next election, the BBC reports.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has refuted suggestions that the government's Help to Buy scheme will start a house price bubble and confirmed the final details of the mortgage guarantee aspect will be released in two weeks.

The Chancellor George Osborne is to back proposals for harsher punishments for bankers who act recklessly and are considered at least partly responsible for the collapse of financial institutions.

Chancellor George Osborne has said he will cap the country's welfare budget each year for the next four years from April 2015 - but the state pension will not be included.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has said it would have been wise to split majority-government owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) into a good and bad bank when the crisis erupted, paving the way for such action to be taken in the future.