George Osborne

The government has launched a scheme to help small businesses access cheaper finance through discounts on loans.

Chancellor George Osborne is to set out plans in tomorrow's Budget to give 20 million people a detailed breakdown of how their taxes are spent.

Well, it's that time of year again as we all wait for the fall-out from the forthcoming Budget.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, is set to make a cut to the top rate of income tax his headline measure in next week's Budget, as the Liberal Democrats have eased their opposition to the move in exchange for other concessions.

Clients who run a family business may be affected under controversial child benefit cuts set to be outlined in next week's Budget, according to accountants Baker Tilly.

The government is considering issuing "super gilts" - bonds with a repayment date lasting 100 years or more - which it hopes will allow it to lock in the current record low base rate.

Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has stepped up his efforts to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) more accountable to Parliament than its predecessor, the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

BUDGET 2012

Chancellor George Osborne's plan to convince pension funds to invest £20bn into a government-backed infrastructure fund has serious "issues", Labour has said.

The government must make reforms to improve transparency and clarity around tax on annuities and trivial commutation of pension pots, the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has said.