Also plan to scrap NI on contributions
Speaking at TISA conference
Business secretary Vince Cable has called the financial sector "a public good", though admitted it often falls short of this lofty aim.
The government should reconsider its Help to Buy housing scheme, according to business secretary Vince Cable, who spoke of a "raging housing boom' in London and South East England.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will have to undergo an independent skilled person review of its lending practices following allegations that it put some good and viable businesses into default so it could boost profits.
The home of former chairman of Co-op Bank, Paul Flowers, has been searched for drugs by West Yorkshire Police.
House prices rose at their fastest rate in more than six years amid further signs of a ‘burgeoning recovery' spreading across the country the latest house price index has found.
It is "certainly possible" that the coalition government - the power-sharing arrangement between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties in place since 2010 - could break up before the next general election in 2015, Vince Cable has said.
Business secretary Vince Cable has called on his own government to consider whether the second stage of the Help to Buy scheme should go ahead.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned the government's 81% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) may not be sold off for another five years, arguing a quick sale of shares is unlikely.