George Osborne

The Chancellor has intervened in the financial transaction tax row, challenging the proposal in court. Hannah Brenton analyses

George Osborne's austerity plan came under attack today from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after it downgraded the outlook for UK growth by more than any other advanced economy.

Nearly half of workers are unaware they are entitled to tax relief on their workplace savings, B&CE research says.

There was no clear preference among contributors as to what the Bank of England's role should be, but the most popular option was to give it a dual mandate to target inflation and employment.

The government has confirmed it will end tax relief on contributions to schemes set up for employees' spouses or families as part of a clampdown on avoidance.

The Evening Standard has apologised to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne after an image of its front page, meant to be released later today, revealed details of the Budget ahead of Osborne's speech.

The government has commissioned the Government Actuary's Department to review income drawdown tables.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced the increase in the personal tax allowance to £10,000 will be brought forward to 2014.

The Chancellor has been urged by a leading policy expert to consider scrapping salary sacrifice to save the treasury billions of pounds a year.

The Chancellor's plans to bring forward the implementation of the single tier state pension from 2017 to 2016 will accelerate the decline of defined benefit schemes, experts warn.