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Government Departments Told To Prepare For 10% Cuts

PA | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Government, UK News, Chancellor George Osborne, Budget Cuts, Budget, Comprehensive Spending Review, Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Treasury, George Osborne, UK Treasury, Danny Alexander, UK Politics News

Most government departments have been told to prepare for cuts to their budgets of around 10%, it has emerged. Schools, the NHS and international a...

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Charlie Thomas

Beer Tax Row Escalates Ahead Of The Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Beer Duty, Pubs, Chancellor George Osborne, UK Economy, Treasury, UK Politics, Business News, Budget 2013, UK Business, The Treasury, TaxPayers' Alliance, George Osborne, Beer Duty Escalator, Beer Tax, UK News

George Osborne is to face another round of calls to scrap the beer duty escalator in the 2013 Budget. The TaxPayers Alliance has stepped up a campa...

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Treasury Gets Tough On Tax Avoiding Companies

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 14.02.2013 | UK
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Companies found guilty of aggressive tax avoidance will be banned from bidding for major government contracts, under new rules published by the Treasu...

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Calls For Scrapping Of Tax As Beer Sales Fall Again

PA | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK
Read More: UK Budget 2012, Pubs, Alcohol Sales, Budget, Beer, Bbpa, The Treasury, George Osborne, British Beer and Pub Association, UK Government, UK News, Beer Sales, Alcohol, The Budget, UK Business, Chancellor, Beer Duty Escalator, UK Treasury, UK News

Beer sales have fallen for the eighth year in a row, with 381 million fewer pints being drunk in 2012, according to a new study. The British Beer a...

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Labour 'Will Introduce Living Wage' Says Miliband

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.11.2012 | UK Politics
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Plans to deliver a "living wage" of at least £7.20 per hour for millions of people in the public and private sector are being put at the centre of La...

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Chancellor Under Pressure Over Rise In Government Borrowing

Press Association | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK
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Chancellor George Osborne's deficit-busting plans will come under more pressure on Friday as figures show government borrowing is on course to miss fu...

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Top Rate Taxpayers Up but Thousands 'Plunge' Into Poverty

PA | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK
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More than four million people will pay the highest rates of tax during this financial year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures have shown. The R...

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Teaching Unions Voice Fears Ahead Of Osborne's Budget

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
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As George Osborne prepares to unveil the Budget for 2012, teaching unions have voiced their fears over the future of funding for education. One sai...

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