Britain's finances remain under intense pressure after figures today showed annual net borrowing managed only a slight dip to £120.6 billion in the f...
Nearly 700 jobs are at risk at Morrisons, the supermarket where last week George Osborne made a speech in defence of cutting benefits, saying he would...
George Osborne has rejected calls from the right-wing of the Conservative Party that he administer "shock therapy" to the economy in order to kickstar...
Budget 2013 live : Follow George Osborne's announcement here with our 'At A Glance' guide to all the big decisions on the economy. George Osborne b...
David Cameron will vow he is "sticking to the plan" on the economy - after Vince Cable said it was time to change course. The Prime Minister will p...
With just two weeks to go until the Budget, Vince Cable has told George Osborne to ditch his opposition to borrowing in order to stimulate growth in t...
The UK will borrow £64bn more than expected by 2015 despite Chancellor George Osborne's repeated attempts to control the country's deficit, a report ...
Do you remember George Osborne’s first “emergency” budget in June 2010? The chancellor of the exchequer argued that “in order to place our fis...
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced it will use the Treasury's Funding For Lending scheme to boost its Manufacturing Fund. The fund, which was...
The current global economic and financial crisis is sometimes often described as a "perfect storm" combining, as it does, severe debt crises in the UK, USA and Eurozone countries, stagnant (or declining) economic performance and loss of trust in elected politicians.
Government borrowing reduced by nearly £11 billion over the last financial year, despite a surprise rise in the figure for March. Public sector ne...
Chancellor George Osborne doesn't have much to cheer about In the run up to his third Budget this week.
The government's public sector borrowing surplus was at its highest in four years in January, figures released on Tuesday show. The Office for Nati...
In 2008 economies across the globe crashed as a worldwide shortage of cash liquidity brought the financial system to a standstill. Rather like a car that has run out of petrol, subsequent attempts to restart the engine have failed.
The number of approvals for new house purchases has defied expectations by rising to its highest point in almost two years, but economists warned of d...
The number of approvals for new house purchases has defied expectations by rising to its highest point in almost two years, but economists warned of d...
The strategy behind this non-profit organisation not only avoids wasting our landfill sites with those 'was once useful' tools, but Streetbank.com has become so much more than that. People actually have a conversation. They smile. They have cups of tea; like the good old days, when neighbours would chat over their fences and watch out for your cat.
The overall value of mortgage lending remained stagnant in July according to the British Bankers Association, but the number of mortgages approved did...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A rise in mortgage arrears and negative equity in the north of Britain have been blamed on the UK's growing north-south jobs divi...
The debt crisis is threatening the core of the eurozone, the head of the European Commission has said, warning that severe economic problems could spr...
The British are increasingly relying on credit cards for buying power as incomes fall in the wake of the financial crisis, draining savings and leadin...
