That letter: Mark Carney writes to the chancellor
Exclusive: as inflation drops to 0.5 per cent, we reveal the contents of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s explanatory letter to the chancellor (as imagined by Paul Mason).
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Philip Hammond has said public sector workers are ten percent better off than their private sector counterparts once pensions are taken into account. The Chancellor refused to deny he told Cabinet colleagues that public sector staff were “overpaid” as he was challenged by his Labour shadow to live on the wages of a hospital…
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Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Geoffrey Howe has died aged 88 after a suspected heart attack, his family has announced.
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Exclusive: as inflation drops to 0.5 per cent, we reveal the contents of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s explanatory letter to the chancellor (as imagined by Paul Mason).
The facts and figures came thick and fast as the chancellor defended the government’s stewardship of the economy today. Did he pass the FactCheck test?
For years, those with money in savings accounts have received a raw deal. Now the chancellor, with the 2015 election in mind, has unveiled a budget for savers and pensioners.
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Chancellor George Osborne is to draw up the battle lines for the next general election as he sets out his final spending plans before the country goes to the polls in 2015.
Chancellor George Osborne gives his annual Mansion House speech in the City of London. Faisal Islam reports on what he has to say about the UK’s banking sector.
The IMF backs away from its ringing endorsement of UK economic policy. But the Treasury will be relieved that it has not yet spelled out an alternative policy to austerity.