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The Chancellor today gave a helping hand to motorists and first-time buyers but hit others with tax rises.
23 March 2011
Chancellor George Osborne said today that he will cut income tax in a year by increasing the personal allowance but he will implement an effective tax hike from then on.
23 March 2011
Chancellor George Osborne said he will cut fuel duty by 1p per litre today and will delay the planned rise next month of over 4p per litre.
23 March 2011
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed plans to help first time buyers (FTBs) get on the property ladder with a £250 million injection.
23 March 2011
A mammoth 86% of motorists have called on the Chancellor to bring the price of petrol down to £1 per litre or less, in a huge poll of over 14,000 people.
17 March 2011
A successful last-ditch rescue effort has secured the future of many free face-to-face debt advice services for at least another year.
12 February 2011
Chancellor George Osborne will consider axing the 1p rise in fuel duty due in April.
28 January 2011
Chancellor George Osborne insists today's VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% is a "tough but necessary step" towards Britain's economic recovery.
4 January 2011
Tough new welfare rules will strip unemployed claimants of benefits for up to three years if they refuse to work, it was announced today.
11 November 2010
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.
26 October 2010
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