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The Government is to introduce the final changes to VCTs which were agreed with the European Union.

Individuals, trustees and personal representatives of deceased persons will be hit by a CGT rise to 28% for higher rate income taxpayers from midnight tonight.

Chartered financial planner Martin Bamford says some clients may have been subjected to "poor advice" if they had been encouraged to realise gains ahead of today's lower-than-forecast CGT hike.

Insight head of currency Dale Thomas expects sterling to remain weak for some time due to the current mix of tight fiscal and loose monetary policy.

The government will scrap the rule which creates an effective obligation to purchase an annuity by age 75.

The Government will scrap the rule which creates an effective obligation to purchase an annuity by age 75.

Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party, has blasted the coalition Government's emergency Budget as "reckless" and says it will "pull the rug from the UK economy."

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Chancellor George Osborne has said he is to bring forward plans for a Green Investment Bank.

The income tax threshold will increase by by £1,000 in April, the Chancellor said today in his emergency Budget.