How to avoid duping by VAT fraudsters

24 January 2011

Consumers should beware firms that illegally charge VAT and then pocket the cash meant for the taxman

MPs to vote over payday loan curbs

20 January 2011

Expensive payday lending will be the subject of a House of Commons debate after a campaign by cross party politicians

Benefits shake-up: warning for non-working claimants

11 November 2010

Tough welfare rules will strip the unemployed of handouts for up to three years if they refuse to work

UK growth figures exceed expectations

26 October 2010

Hopes of a sustained recovery were fuelled today after official figures revealed Britain's economy grew by 0.8%

Green feed-in tariffs safe – for now

21 October 2010

Deals for generating your own electricity will remain until 2013, unless take-up's higher than expected

Spending Review: benefits cut in welfare axe

20 October 2010

Child benefit is to be cut for higher rate taxpayers, while other payouts have been frozen

Isa limits to stay, says Government minister

6 October 2010

Mark Hoban has denied the Coalition is considering reducing Isa tax incentives in the upcoming spending review

State pension age 'heading for late 60s'

5 October 2010

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke warns the default retirement age of 65 is 'unaffordable', as people live longer

Higher rate taxpayers to lose child benefit

4 October 2010

The handout will be stopped for all higher earners from 2013 to help pay for a massive overhaul of the welfare system

Winter benefits face cuts in welfare shake-up

18 August 2010

Welfare reform plans may mean cuts to the winter fuel allowance - which could chop £100 off existing claimers' benefits.

Pension age to rise earlier than planned

24 June 2010

The Government was accused today of making people "work until they drop" under plans to increase the retirement age

Osborne defends "fair" budget

23 June 2010

The Chancellor defended his austerity measures as "tough but fair" as he accused Labour of leaving the economy in a mess