George Osborne

Te government is to embark on a programme to crack down on "aggressive" tax avoidance, the Chancellor confirmed in the Budget today.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Budget that the government will give capital gains tax (CGT) relief on sales of businesses to their employees.

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The government is to announce further spending cuts in Wednesday's Budget, with the savings going to large-scale infrastructure projects designed to boost economic growth, according to reports.

Chancellor George Osborne is to tell the electorate this week that his debt plans are in ruins, with the deadline for bringing UK debt down pushed back by many years.

Chancellor George Osborne is to bring forward the introduction of the flat-rate state pension and the cap on social care by a year.

A group of Conservative MPs are set to publicly warn that a radical change of economic strategy is essential to revive the economy, the Telegraph reports.

Brussels is to curb bankers' bonuses from next year in a major blow to the City and the government.

The government is set to impose a £95,000 "stealth tax" on inheritance to help pay for care for the elderly, according to the Sunday Times.

George Osborne will be forced to borrow more money this year than last as his plans to cut the deficit are blown wildly off course, an influential report has warned.