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Unions attack bonuses as Cameron defends business cred

IFAonline | 06 Feb 2012 | 14:00

The government should end corporation tax relief on pay and bonuses worth more than £262,000 per year to raise £1.7bn for the public purse, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said.

David Cameron at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos 2010
House of Parliament

Anger as hedge fund boss and Tory donor knighted

The government has come under fire for rewarding its "friends in the City" after it gave a knighthood to Paul Ruddock, founder of hedge fund Lansdowne Partners, in its New Year's honours list.

IFAonline | 02 Jan 2012 | 11:30
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Round-up: Don't be soggy, Cameron tells UK

Dire data from households and its impact on retailers, strike action talks, heads roll at UBS, and advice from the PM to Britain to reject "can't do sogginess" for the drive of China. Our round-up up of the nationals.

IFAonline | 06 Oct 2011 | 07:57

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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

Osborne freezes council tax for second year

Chancellor George Osborne will extend the council tax freeze for another year in a bid to help ease the financial burden on households, it will be announced today.

IFAonline | 03 Oct 2011 | 07:50
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TSC's Andrew Tyrie attacks govt growth plans

Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Commons Treasury select committee, has criticised the government's long-term economic policies as "inconsistent and incoherent" and said other key parts of strategy were contradictory, and at best irrelevant.

IFAonline | 03 Oct 2011 | 07:50
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Osborne: No tax cuts before the next election

Chancellor George Osborne has signaled he is unlikely to cut taxes before the next election as the world economy faces a crisis "at least as serious" as the 2008 banking collapse.

IFAonline | 03 Oct 2011 | 07:02
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Tory Conference 2011: Cameron boosts 'right-to-buy' schemes

David Cameron has promised up to 200,000 extra affordable homes as he unveiled plans to extend Margaret Thatcher's 'right-to-buy' programme.

IFAonline | 03 Oct 2011 | 07:00
Ed Balls

Balls urges emergency tax cuts

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is to use a major policy speech to call for a temporary emergency tax cut to stimulate the economy.

IFAonline | 16 Jun 2011 | 07:00
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Cameron defends women’s state pension plans

The Prime Minister has become embroiled in the row over raising the state pension age (SPA) for women.

IFAonline | 09 Jun 2011 | 11:00
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Cameron aide in tax fraud investigation

David Cameron’s communications director Craig Oliver, and his BBC presenter wife Joanna Gosling, have become embroiled in a tax fraud investigation.

IFAonline | 18 May 2011 | 10:20
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Reeves hints at Lib Dem rebellion over women’s state pension

Labour and a growing proportion of Liberal Democrat MPs plan to mount an assault on the acceleration of the state pension age (SPA), Rachel Reeves, shadow pensions minister says.

IFAonline | 12 May 2011 | 14:30
Desert soldier running amongst friendly tanks

Labour accuses govt of ‘short changing’ armed forces on pensions

Labour MPs yesterday accused the coalition government of 'short changing' the armed forces by indexing their pensions to CPI rather than RPI.

IFAonline | 01 Feb 2011 | 16:35
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Interview - Jonathan Evans MP

At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services’ new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP

Cover | 01 Nov 2010 | 09:00

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