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Fund managers believe the revised growth forecast for the UK, revealed in today's Budget, is still too optimistic and may not be an achievable target.

Index-linked savings certificates are to be offered to new savers again in 2011/12 by National Savings & Investments (NS&I).

The combined effect of banning contracting out and accepting Hutton's public sector pension reforms will "stoke the ire" of trade unions, warns Hargreaves Lansdown's Tom McPhail.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said today the UK's economic recovery will lag previous recoveries in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Treasury will unveil a number of new tax changes to be introduced in 2011. Here are the key measures:

The price of UK 10-year government bonds stayed higher after the country's growth forecast for the year was slashed from 2.1% to 1.7% in George Osborne's Budget.

The Government will no longer remove the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance for people in residential care.

Despite all the leaks, George Osborne's budget contained quite a few surprises. Here are the key stories emerging from the speech.

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Stamp duty land tax rules for bulk buyers of residential property are to be reformed, George Osborne has revealed in the Budget 2011.