George Osborne

The new £1 will be the first time the circle of copper, zinc and nickel will get a makeover since it replaced the one pound banknote in 1983. But is it a case of penny wise pound foolish?

From pensions to pints – answer the questions in the Channel 4 News quiz to find out how you have won, or lost out, in George Osborne’s latest budget.

The £1 coin is to be replaced with a new 12-sided version, shaped like the old “threepenny bit”, in a bid to tackle forgery, the government announces.

Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his fifth budget on Wednesday. It is bound to include measures that could not have been predicted, but here is what we can expect.

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.

George Osborne is under the focus of the media lens like never before today. Check out our interactive 360 degree photograph of him as he prepares to give his budget to parliament.

A new garden city is to be built in Ebsfleet in the Thames estuary, and the government’s help to buy scheme is to be extended until the end of the decade, Chancellor George Osborne announces.

Chancellor George Osborne says he would not sign up to a currency union with an independent Scotland, saying such a deal would “not work” and was “not going to happen”.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says an independent Scotland would have to cede some of its national sovereignty if it wants to keep the pound.

Ed Balls says he welcomes GDP figures showing economic growth but maintains the cost of living crisis continues – George Osborne hits back, saying Labour have been wrong on the economy throughout.

After years of lacklustre growth, the recovery appears to be taking off at last. Good news for Chancellor George Osborne, but even he is not celebrating yet.