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...

Yesterday a man decided that the pound's value against the euro and the dollar was 'just about right'. As a result, the pound stopped weakening against the euro and the dollar, as it has been doing so for several months. I was disappointed. I get paid in euros so I benefit from the pound being weak.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appeared to admit that the coalition cut capital spending too deeply when it took power. Speaking ahead of the rel...

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...

You see the trouble of getting into political bed with the Tories, and with us being by far the smaller party, is that we get tainted with the same drab, grubby brush they use... but we end up taking more of the flack because people do - or at least did - expect better from us.

Governments should not ring-fence specific departments such as the NHS and international development from cuts, according to the architect of the spen...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Government has been accused of breaking a general election pledge on NHS spending. Labour claimed figures "buried" in Trea...