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It was one of those “oh, just one more thing” questions after an unexceptional interview about tax. I asked Danny Alexander, as a Lib Dem, how he felt about arming the Syrian rebels.
As the budget reveals winners and losers, Jon Snow talks to Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury, and Robert Chote, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
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.
A campaign group for lower petrol and diesel prices is due to meet the chief secretary of the Treasury, Danny Alexander, in what it describes as “unprecedented” talks.
Anybody worth more than £1m faces coming under scrutiny from inspectors in a fresh crackdown on tax avoidance announced by Liberal Democrat Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander.
Gary Gibbon
Sounds like last night’s quad meeting saw the Lib Dems – Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander – push the case for the tax threshold expected increase in this budget (£630) to be doubled (to £1200 or so).
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.
The claim “I don’t expect to see any increase in the cost of holding a general election if the British people vote yes.” Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, in a letter from his private office leaked to The Independent on Sunday.
Lord Oakeshott has left his Treasury role “by mutual agreement” after criticising the Government’s Project Merlin bank deal. The departure was confirmed live on Channel 4 News by Danny Alexander.
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman apologises for describing Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as a “ginger rodent” in a speech to her party’s Scottish conference.
At a time when we are facing deep cuts, it is not acceptable that some people don’t pay their fair share, Danny Alexander said. We will raise an extra £7bn over the next parliament from these plans, he pledged. But how realistic is the commitment?
Gary Gibbon
Danny Alexander, the uber moderniser, just got a reasonably good reception for giving a speech George Osborne would have heartily approved of, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Sheffield Forgemasters boss Peter Birtles received a shock phone call from officials in the Department for Business just minutes before Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced the cancellation of the £80m loan for the company, writes Faisal Islam.
Jon Snow
Bloated and undemocratic, the current House of Lords is a nonsense. It’s time for a re-think.
The Liberal Democrats appoint Tim Farron as their new leader, replacing Nick Clegg who quit after the party’s electoral collapse in May.