Budget speech latest: Tax avoidance – the bottomless pit?
Political editor Gary Gibbon on how a crackdown on tax avoidance is once again being lined up to pay for spending policies.
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Political editor Gary Gibbon on how a crackdown on tax avoidance is once again being lined up to pay for spending policies.
The plan to merge Income Tax with National Insurance contributions is unlikely to happen any time soon, reports our political editor Gary Gibbon.
Growth forecast down nearly half a per cent: Gary Gibbon on the implications for George Osborne’s fiscal policy in the years ahead.
George Osborne permits himself a slight smile as he poses outside No 11 before setting off to deliver the budget, reports our Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Chancellor George Osborne delivers Budget 2011 and a fuel duty “bombshell”. Follow reaction and analysis, plus video and comments from the #c4Budget Twitter panel.
Does our video show former chancellor Ken Clarke falling asleep during George Osborne’s Budget? And is that Danny Alexander providing refreshments? Channel 4 News takes a look.
Chancellor George Osborne claims his Budget will “put fuel into the tank of the British economy” as he cuts petrol duty by 1p a litre and unveils a package of measures to boost businesses.
Chancellor George Osborne delivers a “keep calm and carry on” Budget – with some surprises, including fuel price cuts for the consumer. An expert picks out the key points for Channel 4 News.
It’s Chancellor George Osborne’s first full Budget. But as the Government tries to balance growth with the “age of austerity”, what will it deliver? Channel 4 News speaks to the experts.
As inflation hits a two-year high, Faisal Islam blogs on the “misery index” which suggests that so-called Osbornemania may be a bit premature ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.
It was a flagship policy of the 1980s – and now that the Conservatives are back in government, they’re bringing back the Enterprise Zone.
Local councils are facing tough budget cuts. But could they sell off some of their 11,000 acres of land to cope? Channel 4’s Dispatches investigates how much land your local council owns.
The battle against budget cuts reaches new levels in the US State of Wisconsin, as thousands of public service workers invade the Senate – and Democratic Senators go on strike.
It’s not just in Britain that the Government’s cutting spending. President Obama is planning a $1.1trillion cut – and his political opponents say that’s not enough, as Felicity Spector reports.
The claim “On Sure Start, the budget is going from £2,212m to £2,297m – that budget is going UP, that is what’s happening” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, February 9, 2011