Chancellor George Osborne rejects claims that government policy is leading to a housing market bubble.
George Osborne’s headline figure is that the Lloyds share sale has “raised” £3.2bn. But how much of that is profit and has he factored in borrowing costs? FactCheck digs out its calculator.
George Osborne denies that the government’s sale of 6 per cent of its shares in Lloyds has actually led to a loss for the British taxpayer.
Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy challenges Chancellor George Osborne on his claim that the taxpayer made a profit from the sale of Lloyds shares.
The Crown Prosecution Service will push for longer sentences for benefit fraudsters. A long-overdue clampdown or a waste of resources? FactCheck finds out.
If some statistics that 75 per cent of London’s new build are bought abroad are true, then net housing stock available to ordinary Britons may well be going down not up.
George Osborne claims the UK economy has “turned a corner” with some signs of recovery. Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls tells Cathy Newman the damage to living standards has already been done.
George Osborne says austerity measures pursued by the government are leading to economic recovery, while Labour argues that ordinary families have been left worse off.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the chancellor will claim victory as the economy seems to be showing signs of recovery. But he warns that turning the corner could become a roundabout.
Alex Thomson
There’s a new town in town. Not on any map, but deep in the public psyche of the UK, US and France. It’s Baghdamascus.
Prime Minister David Cameron will not make a renewed attempt to persuade MPs to support military action against Syria even if new evidence of chemical attacks came to light, the chancellor says.
The government’s efforts to cut the deficit suffer a blow after a small rise in borrowing in July, but it says it will stick to its “economic plan”.
The new Bank of England governor’s pledge to keep interest rates low until unemployment falls is a big innovation – and a signal to the British public to spend, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
Lloyds Banking Group is “back in the black” as it posts profits of £2.1bn for the first half of 2013 – sparking a surge in share price and expectations of a government sale of its stake in the bank.
Lord Howell, the father-in-law of Chancellor George Osborne, tells the House of Lords there’s “plenty of room” for fracking in the “uninhabited and desolate” north east of England.