Shale gas report beefs up Osborne’s infrastructure plans
For all the talk about infrastructure spending, the numbers show it is actually falling. So no wonder the chancellor wants some good news – and the shale gas survey has delivered.
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Chancellor George Osborne meets housebuilders and mortgage lenders to discuss the second phase of the government’s scheme to increase home ownership.
In a move branded a “disgrace” by Friends of the Earth, Chancellor George Osborne unveils tax breaks for fracking in a bid to create the “most generous” regime for shale gas in the world.
For all the talk about infrastructure spending, the numbers show it is actually falling. So no wonder the chancellor wants some good news – and the shale gas survey has delivered.
The Chancellor’s threat to take away the benefits of anyone refusing to learn English is given an ‘F’ for fiction by FactCheck.
Chancellor George Osborne tells MPs Britain will have to endure another £11.5bn of cuts, with further pain for public sector workers. But infrastructure spending will receive a boost.
Capital spending on infrastructure has been halved by George Osborne. On Wednesday, he will announce an increase in this type of spending, but why was this not done three years ago?
Chancellor George Osborne says Britain’s economy is moving “from rescue to recovery”, but warns there would be a danger of “a relapse” if the government’s deficit-cutting plans were reversed.
George Osborne has called on Ed Miliband to pay up to £1.5m to the Treasury after Labour was accused of helping a millionaire businessman avoid paying tax on a major donation.
George Osborne says nations must be able to collect the tax due to them, as he reveals agreement between the G7 group of economic powers to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam he finds today’s GDP figures very encouraging and says he believes the economy is healing.
In a speech in Glasgow,George Osborne says a currency union between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK would be “unlikely”.
George Osborne’s plans to boost home ownership risk harming the housing market and leaving the treasury with a significant hole in its coffers, a powerful committee warns in a new report.
A tricky week for George Osborne – rising unemployment, a second ratings agency downgrades the UK and the IMF cuts its forecast for the country’s growth this year ahead of its meeting he’s attending.
The International Monetary Fund lowers its growth forecast for the UK and says Chancellor George Osborne should consider changing his austerity policies.
Chancellor George Osborne, who has been defending welfare reform this week, is accused of being “out of touch” after his official car was photographed parked in a disabled space.