Mark Carney, the chancellor’s flexible friend
With the words “flexible inflation target” peppering his Treasury select committee hearing, new Bank of England Governor Mark Carney clearly wants to do more to help Britain’s contracting economy.
2,469 items found
A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100m a year in National Insurance will close in the Budget, it is announced.
With the words “flexible inflation target” peppering his Treasury select committee hearing, new Bank of England Governor Mark Carney clearly wants to do more to help Britain’s contracting economy.
Rachel Reeves and George Osborne crossed swords in the House of Commons over spending on infrastructure. Who’s right? FactCheck digs in.
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement assumes he is right to claim he can raise £3.5bn from the sale of 4G. A sell-off in the Netherlands did eight times better than expected, but can Britain manage a similar feat?
Watch live as George Osborne delivers his mini-budget for Britain.
Do the extension of government austerity measures mean the chancellor is failing? Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury and his opposite Labour number Rachel Reeves talk to Channel 4 News.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam reflects on a low-key Conservative conference speech from George Osborne – one which nonetheless contained a few nuggets of new government policy.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls tells Jon Snow at the Labour conference that it “is obviously not the most important job if you want to be popular – but it’s important to be able to be tough”.
Fuel-efficent cars and electric vehicles are likely to leave a big hole in the public finances, according to a new report.
“I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain.”
George Osborne has modelled his media strategy on Gordon Brown’s years as chancellor – the so-called “submarine” strategy, surfacing only very occasionally for interviews or short “clips” with selected individuals on strict terms. But policies without articulate public defenders can get pretty battered.
As the chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral resigns over the possibility of “violence in the name of the church”, Channel 4 News talks to the head of the legal team representing the protesters.
Faisal Islam pores over Alistair Darling’s memoir and finds some extraordinary revelations about the banks which still have relevance today.
Chancellor George Osborne backs plans to ring-fence banks’ retail arms and says he will sell Northern Rock. Gary Gibbon says he is trying to signal the beginning of the end of the financial crisis.
Faisal Islam on the subtle change in the Chancellor’s stance on an economic “Plan B” – and the 400,000 jobs George Osborne says the media is not reporting.