Gary Gibbon
‘Heavy hint’ from Treasury: tax rises will come
Have Treasury civil servants been sending coded warnings that public sector cuts might be getting out of hand? The IFS thinks so, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Tories and Lib Dems pass £520,000 donation to the Treasury
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats hand £520,000 to the Treasury after a political spat over whether the late Joan Edwards’s donation was intended for government or party use.
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Gary Gibbon
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Victoria Macdonald
800 fewer nurses as NHS refunds £2.2bn to Treasury
NHS bosses are struggling to save £20bn over four years and the number of NHS nurses fell 800 last month, but a £2.2bn underspend at the Department of Health has gone back to the Treasury.
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Now that is what I call magic, Treasury style…
Even with some fiscal hocus pocus that gives the Treasury an extra £3.8bn, government borrowing in the year to date is still worse than this time last year. And that should worry the chancellor.
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4G auction raises £1.2bn less than Treasury predicted
Consumers can look forward to faster mobile broadband and more competitive services following the 4G auction, but the Treasury will receive £1.2bn less than it predicted last year.
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University tuition fee hike ‘will cost Treasury £7bn’
The cost of implementing the government’s hike in university tuition fees will cost the treasury six times more than what it expects to save from the move, a new report claims.
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Fuel lobby welcomes ‘unprecedented’ Treasury talks
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.
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Faisal Islam
Can the Treasury blame borrowing figures on North Sea platform?
Faisal Islam questions Chloe Smith’s claim that shocking borrowing figures from the government were down to the closure of a single platform in the North Sea.
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Treasury: Mervyn King overstepped powers in Barclays scandal
Sir Mervyn King’s interference in the ousting of Barclays’ chief Bob Diamond is difficult to justify, the chairman of the committee investigating the Libor rate-rigging scandal tells Channel 4 News.
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Public fury over Treasury’s tax morality lecture
As comments from Treasury Minister David Gauke about tax dodging draw a barrage of criticism, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg tells Channel 4 News he ‘may’ have paid in cash, but not to avoid tax.
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Faisal Islam
Treasury twins convert to contingent Keynesianism
“We’ve got a big job to do in getting this economy back on its feet,” — Osborne.
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Will Treasury infrastructure plans help the taxpayer?
Plans for a mixture of loans and guarantees to boost UK infrastructure and exports are unveiled by the government – but will this provide the economic jumpstart the UK needs?
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Treasury reveals super-rich tax avoiders
Almost one in 10 people earning more than £10m a year is paying less than the 20 per cent basic rate of income tax, says the Treasury in defence of plans to cap tax breaks on charitable donations.
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Treasury to launch £20bn small businesses scheme
Businesses with a turnover of less than £50m will receive cheaper loans under a government scheme which guarantees £20bn of loans from major high street banks.
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Gary Gibbon
Child benefit expectations too high for Treasury
Channel 4 News political Editor Gary Gibbon asks if the government can afford to change its child benefit plans?
