George Osborne

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called on George Osborne to do more to cut taxes, reduce red tape and invest in new infrastructure in order to boost economic growth.

Chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England have given up on promoting economic growth and current police could cause "irreparable damage", Alistair Darling has warned.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has called on the government to loosen its debt reduction plans as growth forecasts are slashed for the UK.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has thrown open a potential challenge to George Osborne's role as Chancellor of the Exchequer after claiming he would "make a good chancellor".

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has set out plans to the Treasury on how regulatory fines could be used to transition the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to a pre-funded system.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) is urging the Chancellor to reconsider plans to direct regulatory fines to government coffers.

The resignation of Barclays CEO Bob Diamond does not lessen the possibility of criminal proceedings against those involved, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.

The government has ordered a parliamentary inquiry into professional and cultural standards in British banking less than a week after Barclays was fined for attempting to fix Libor and its European equivalent, Euribor.

Governments across Europe are set to buy Spanish and Italian bonds through two European rescue funds, a move the ECB hopes will send a signal to financial markets that Germany is behind the eurozone.

Savers in UK banks will be given greater protection under measures to be announced by the Chancellor later today.