Senior bankers should be jailed for reckless misconduct whilst managing banks, a parliamentary commission has concluded. The cross-party group's fi...
George Osborne has been criticised for failing to set out any concrete steps to promote economic growth or tackle tax avoidance during G7 talks, despi...
The five things you need to know on (bank holiday) Monday 6 May 2013... 1) DEPUTY SPEAKER STANDS ASIDE. FOR NOW. From the Guardian: "Nigel Ev...
Unemployment has increased by 70,000 to 2.56 million, with rises among young people and those out of work for more than a year. The total is the wo...
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...
I doubt that Camborne are curious enough to have contemplated the Marxist theory of alienation, which states that social problems arise from capitalism's pervertion of the natural relationship an individual has to their means of production.
George Osborne's reading of the 2013 Budget did not go to plan, with MPs roaring in outrage, the Chancellor developing a squawking cough and a leaky p...
On the same day the Chancellor comes under extreme scrutiny for next year's Budget, George Osborne has chosen to join Twitter, the site where he can b...
George Osborne has been thwarted in his efforts to avert a controversial cap on bankers' bonuses. The Chancellor headed to Brussels on Tuesday morn...
George Osborne has renewed his call for international action in tackling tax avoidance and the so-called "profit shifting" by multinational giants as ...
A picture of a chipper David Cameron enjoying dinner with Boris Johnson and the chancellor, despite being forewarned of the dire state of the economy,...
Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of attempting to "divide and rule" after the House of Commons voted in favour of legislation to impose real-term...
ECONOMY Growth forecast for 2012 downgraded by Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to minus 0.1%. GDP growth has been downgraded for every year o...
I used to drive a mini cab of a night for a living, assuming, of course, you can could it a living. Long nights and late night fights with the drunk a...
Chancellor George Osborne is to announce plans to slash an extra £10 bn from the welfare budget by 2016-17 at the Conservative Party Conference on Mo...
A takeover of listed UK water companies in the immediate future is unlikely, despite share price spikes and market rumours, analysts have told the Huf...
David Cameron will appeal for international investment in Britain as he tries to haul the economy out of a protracted double-dip recession. The day...
The UK's share of the 11 million 15-24 year olds who are unemployed across the OECD is 1 million. Greece and Spain fare worse with rates of over 50% of the total youth labour force, but the UK is fast catching up with the rest of Europe who have experienced high numbers of unemployment for quite some time.
The outgoing head of the financial services regulator has claimed that the run on Northern Rock in 2007 could have been avoided if his advice had been...
Labour will today mount a fresh attempt to inflict political pain on the government over Chancellor George Osborne's Budget. Shadow chancellor Ed B...
Britain's gold-plated AAA credit rating was affirmed by Standard & Poor's on Friday in a boost to Chancellor George Osborne's belt-tightening austerit...
George Osborne has described being "shocked" to discover that some of the wealthiest people in the country pay "virtually no" income tax. The Chanc...
George Gideon Oliver Osborne is no doubt roux-ing the day he proposed VAT changes on hot food. Pasty-lovers are rising to the challenge, championing t...
This week, George Osborne bowed to public (and Lib Dem) pressure to put off any definitive decision on the 50p tax rate on high earners. However, The ...
