Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has attacked Labour for trying to "pull the wool over people's eyes" about sweeping tax changes that came into effect...

A rise in the minimum wage has come into effect, leading to a bigger pay packet for some workers, but the low-paid will actually be worse off, accordi...

'Ideas don't make you rich. The correct execution of ideas does'. So said Felix Dennis in his book 'How To Get Rich'. He's worth over £500 million, so I think we can believe him.

"Does VAT apply to humble pie?," ministers were asked this afternoon after George Osborne performed a surprise U-turn on plans to increase tax on hot ...

The chief executive of bakery chain Greggs stepped up his fight against the "completely confusing" pasty tax on Wednesday ahead of a meeting with the ...

Let's not forget the humble pasty started life as a portable lunch for ordinary working fishermen and tin miners. Ken McMeikan, CEO of Greggs, summed it up well when he said: "people simply can not afford to pay 20% more for everyday food."

The Government's plan to introduce a "pasty tax" has created "a quagmire of confusion and worry" for businesses, according to a Conservative MP who si...

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...

The boss of Greggs has accused George Osborne of having "lost touch" after the Chancellor admitted he could not remember the last time he bought a pas...

The boss of leading bakers Greggs has announced it will fight Budget proposals that will see sausage rolls and pasties hit with VAT. Chancellor Geo...

A campaign has been launched to oppose a proposed "pasty tax" which could see the cost of Cornwall's favourite food rise by 20%. In the Budget anno...

For those of us involved in housing, the growth agenda is what matters. We understand how important growth is for the economy and how essential it is that we create new jobs, not least because so many housing associations are exploring ways of assisting their residents to get into work.

George Osborne was today urged by Labour to implement "significant tax cuts" in next month's Budget. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls suggested the Gover...

Labour leader Ed Miliband has defended Labour's pledges on public spending, after a week when the party has tried to reposition its economic policy. ...

The Government is to waive VAT on sales of the Military Wives' Christmas single. The Treasury will give the money to charity in lieu of the tax tak...

We seem to have created a system that is behind the wit of both those who pay it and those who administer it. It would be perfectly possible to merge it with income tax in a way that creates relatively few winners or losers. Doing so is a no brainer.

The cost of facelifts and breast enlargements is set to rise by 20% after new guidelines over VAT on plastic surgery. Doctors performing purely cos...

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has set out a five-point plan for economic recovery that includes tax cuts and bringing forward capital spending projects, ...