The Government has opted against setting up a state-backed Post Office Bank because it would be too time-consuming and expensive, ministers have announced.
This week's rise in Air Passenger Duty (APD) airport departure tax will make family holidays "unaffordable for many", Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic warned.
A new tax-free children's savings account is set to be launched to encourage parents to set aside money for their offspring, the Government announced today.
Hopes of a sustained recovery were fuelled today after official figures revealed Britain's economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.8% during the third quarter.
Energy tariffs that pay you for generating electricity will stay in place until 2013 unless there's unexpectedly high take-up, George Osborne announced in yesterday's spending review.
21 October 2010
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