Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has sought to capitalise on internal Lib Dem leadership squabbles by sending a strong overture to Vince Cable, who has been...

George Osborne is facing widening calls from business leaders and influential economic thinkers to change economic policy, with the head of the CBI be...

Arguments about tax deals reached between government and big companies like Vodafone have become "increasingly hysterical", Treasury minister David Ga...

The Bank of England and HM Treasury officially launched the "Funding for Lending Scheme" (FLS) on Friday 13 July (read the announcement and details here), yet another covert operation to shore up the banks under the disguise of helping small businesses and households to access cheaper credit and thus stimulate the economy.

The scale of the challenge facing George Osborne to cut Britain's debt was laid bare on Tuesday morning when official figures showed public borrowing ...

George Osborne has produced another spectacular U-turn by reversing plans to put VAT on pasties and similar varieties of hot food - as long as those ...

The chair of the influential Commons Treasury committee Andrew Tyrie has described the prospects for the British economy as "not good", because it is ...

Government borrowing reduced by nearly £11 billion over the last financial year, despite a surprise rise in the figure for March. Public sector ne...

Whilst worrying about your tax bill is a fairly common anxiety for most of us, for wealthy people with a philanthropic bent, there's now the added pressure of giving as much of it as possible away before Good Friday.

Sunday trading laws will be suspended during the London 2012 Olympics in a bid to cash in on the Games, Chancellor George Osborne is expected to annou...

UPDATE : This story is no longer being updated. The latest 2012 Budget stories can be found on our Big Budget News Page Chancellor George Osborn...

The highest-earning 1% should have their pensions tax relief slashed so that cuts to tax credits can be reversed, Labour's top team has urged. Geor...

George Osborne "must" make the wealthiest pay more to help fund tax cuts for the less well off in next week's budget, Nick Clegg will tell his party's...

The taxman should explain to those failing to pay tax how they might evade prosecution if they own up, says a group of MPs on the Commons Treasury Com...

The government needs to take swift and decisive action to protect members of the public from falling prey to sharp practices by payday loan companies,...

Serious issues surrounding accountability are likely to emerge due to the increasing powers of the Bank of England and the European Union, former chan...

George Osborne has infuriated Tory MPs by reportedly ruling out tax breaks for married couples in the Budget. The Chancellor has been accused of "k...

The Treasury was "shocked" to find that HMRC had written off up to £10.9bn in tax in a year, according to the head of the influential Commons committ...

Treasury minister Mark Hoban has made an interesting revelation during his evidence to a Lords committee on a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), saying ...

The Business Secretary Vince Cable has revealed that the government will tomorrow accept in full the recommendation to ring-fence Britain's banks. Th...

The country's top tax official is to retire next summer. Dave Hartnett, head of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), was forced into an apology to 1.4 mi...

Politicians, economists, unions and charities have reacted to a letter calling for the abolition of the 50p tax, signed by some of the UK's leading ac...