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Osborne reveals £200,000 income on tax return last year - but insists he won't publish earlier records because they are 'not interesting'!

11/04/16 23:58

11/04/16 11:14

As part of his plan to build a 'Northern Powerhouse' - something he will trumpet in today's Budget - the Chancellor pledged to spend £300m on better transport connections between northern cities.

10/04/16 16:30

As David Cameron's tax returns come under greater scrutiny, which British politician will be next in the spotlight? George Osborne? Boris Johnson? Or even Jeremy Corbyn?

10/04/16 00:24

This week, Petronella Wyatt turns her unflinching gaze to George Osborne and Michael Gove, and the final two figures in the quartet of Conservatives leading the Brexit debate that’s convulsing Britain.

07/04/16 14:12

The figures are a fresh blow to the economic hopes of Chancellor George Osborne, who was forced to reveal sharply downgraded forecasts at last month's Budget.

06/04/16 10:53

Mr Duncan Smith broke down as he talked about how the 'system' had failed the 19-year-old single mum, leaving her with no aspiration or ability to get a better life.

05/04/16 13:16

The Chancellor is under pressure from his own backbenches after a minister said that petrol prices were 'so low that people will hardly notice the difference' ahead of next Wednesday's Budget.

05/04/16 00:52

Petronella Wyatt gives a devastating close-up of David Cameron – the steely politician who never seems to put a foot or a hand, wrong – aside, she says, from one very memorable occasion…

04/04/16 22:54

Union members groaned, roared with laughter and shouted out 'c**p', 'b******s' and 'rubbish' as Nick Gibb addressed their annual conference in Liverpool.

03/04/16 18:34

1922 committee chairman Graham Brady, pictured, said the policy could lead to the creation of 'new and distant bureaucracies' rather than delivering greater freedom and autonomy for schools.

02/04/16 02:41

In a fresh blow to George Osborne (pictured visiting Asda staff in Manchester) the owners of B&Q are threatening to sack staff unless it signs a new employment contract that cuts work benefits.

02/04/16 01:04

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, pictured, said the higher minimum wage, which comes into force today, will encourage more workers from the continent to come to Britain.

01/04/16 11:04

The Chancellor's 'Living Wage' - a term borrowed from Left-wing academics - is a supplement to the National Minimum Wage that pushes up the hourly rate from £6.70 to £7.20 for everyone over 25.

29/03/16 13:42

The Chancellor blasted Labour for ruining the public finances and refused to apologise for proposing £4billion in cuts to disability benefits only to drop the plan 48 hours later.

29/03/16 01:34

British owners of many high-performance cars and gas-guzzlers, including the Jeep Wrangler V6 (pictured), will benefit from what will effectively be a tax break for dirty cars.

29/03/16 01:33

Rich people deferring their income until after the top rate of tax was slashed were a major factor in the Treasury taking an extra £8billion in revenue, the Office for Budget Responsibility said.

29/03/16 01:27

The reforms hit millions who opted out of a scheme to top up the state pension in return for lower National Insurance contributions. Changes were announced three years ago but come into force now.

27/03/16 21:16

The pair dined at Mr Gove’s home in west London on Wednesday and agree to unite the party to ‘keep the show on the road,’ a close ally of the Chancellor (pictured) said.

27/03/16 12:25

Theresa May’s plunging necklines have caught the eye of Ann Widdecombe and reminded the former Home Office Minister of the effect daring May caused earlier in her Westminster career.

25/03/16 16:37

The Chancellor said the Bank of England was ‘highly likely’ to get new powers to curb the availability of buy-to-let mortgages amid mounting concern the market is overheating.

25/03/16 12:35

QUENTIN LETTS: Had George Osborne eaten a packet of Prozac? He seemed remarkably Zen when he came to the Treasury select committee yesterday to discuss the B.U.D.G.E.T.

24/03/16 17:49

An Ipsos Mori poll found six in 10 people are dissatisfied with the Chancellor, with just 27% satisfied - his worst rating in three years. Corbyn has a rating of 35 per cent - one higher than Cameron.

23/03/16 10:45

George Osborne said the Isa allowance would increase to £20,000. Sadly, there’s a nasty side-effect to his Isa support: he’s inadvertently created a savings apartheid between generations.

23/03/16 01:40

The ONS said the Government borrowed £70.7bn in the first 11 months of the fiscal year as spending on public services and welfare continued to outstrip tax receipts.

23/03/16 01:23

When George Osborne (pictured) entered the Commons at 12.48pm, a Labour MP was speaking about minicabs. ‘Taxi for Osborne!’ shouted Labour wits, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

22/03/16 18:05

Mr Osborne refused to countenance an attack on pensions to help fill the spending gap - while also insisting that the Government has no plans to make further welfare cuts.

22/03/16 15:15

In a fresh blow to the embattled Chancellor, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the year-to-date budget deficit stood at £70.7 billion in February after borrowing fell by less than expected.

22/03/16 09:54

Within minutes of Stephen Crabb’s (pictured) intervention, the Treasury and DWP insisted he had meant only that there were no current plans for more savings.

22/03/16 01:56

Westminster was in flashing blue-light mode. After any terrible smash, as rubber-neckers gawp, comes the professional mop-up: stretcher-bearers amd emergency surgery by an unflappable surgeon

21/03/16 15:25

Paul Johnson (pictured), head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, gave him only a 50/50 chance of fulfilling his pledge to get Britain back in the black by the end of this Parliament in 2020.

21/03/16 11:12

But despite all this, business should be very pleased with the majority of policies unveiled last week – particularly small companies.

21/03/16 08:32

Very few political reputations have fallen as fast as George Osborne’s (picturted right) over the last few days.

21/03/16 07:36

The Tories are mired in their worst civil war since the days of John Major following a savage assault on the leadership by Iain Duncan Smith (pictured).

21/03/16 07:08

Coca-Cola and other drinks makers are drawing up plans for a legal challenge against the government, which plans to impose the tax in two years’ time. Pictured is George Osborne.

21/03/16 02:48

Iain Duncan Smith made a series of attacks on the Government and George Osborne. Political Editor JAMES SLACK examines how he repeatedly drove a dagger into the Chancellor and his Budget.

20/03/16 20:57

A Labour amendment relating to VAT on solar panels has been backed by a dozen Conservative MPs furious at the inability of the Government to make changes because of EU rules.

20/03/16 20:05

Coca-Cola and other drinks makers are drawing up plans for a legal challenge against the government, which plans to impose the tax in two years’ time.

20/03/16 19:02

The Justice Secretary insisted the Budget was progressive and radical and a package he would 'enthusiastically' vote for when it is tested in the Commons next week.

20/03/16 18:41

Iain Duncan Smith said the Government was abandoning the 'one nation' message that was at the heart of David Cameron's re-election campaign amid a row over disability benefits.

20/03/16 17:07

In his book, David Laws says Osborne and Cameron tried to sack IDS from his Department of Work and Pensions job four years ago – but their colleague refused to budge.

20/03/16 16:50

A furore erupted after it was claimed Downing Street was told in an official report that the health service needed a massive £16 billion extra a year by 2020 – but dismissed it as ‘a joke.’

20/03/16 16:16

Tory grandee Peter Lilley said the Chancellor had been 'damaged but not destroyed' by the row which had ruined his eighth Budget.

19/03/16 13:51

The Chancellor’s well-intended shake-up is showing all the hallmarks of a major shambles. His changes mean that savers will no longer have 20 per cent tax deducted before they are paid interest.

18/03/16 23:49

Figures buried in the Budget documents reveal taxes will rise to 37.5 per cent of national income in 2019-20. Taxes were only higher in 2000-01, when Gordon Brown was Chancellor.

18/03/16 16:29

A lacy bra peeking out from underneath her red dress, the Home Secretary caused quite the stir on Twitter, dividing opinion between those who called it a 'distraction' and others critical of such a debate.

18/03/16 09:15

George Osborne announced in the Budget that he is significantly cutting the rate of tax paid on capital gains - but not for those selling property.

18/03/16 08:46

Economists at the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that the impact of tax could be offset if people switch to fruit juices or milkshakes, which will be exempt from the new sugar tax.

18/03/16 08:03

Never mind Cashing In For Christmas, thanks to the generosity of the welfare system, Marie Buchan (pictured) must think Christmas comes every day, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN.

18/03/16 07:38

By playing fast and loose with the truth in one part of his Budget speech, Mr Osborne has damaged the credibility of the rest of his facts and figures.

18/03/16 01:40

The Prime Minister has secured support from all other EU leaders for new flexibility on VAT which would allow the UK to introduce a zero rating on sanitary products such as tampons.

17/03/16 19:45

The Chancellor infuriated the many Conservative MPs supporting the campaign to get Britain out of Europe when he used Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts in support of the EU.

17/03/16 19:16

In an echo of the damaging row over tax credits last year, Brigg and Goole MP Andrew Percy said higher petrol duty would have been a price worth paying to protect vulnerable people.

17/03/16 17:18

Paul Johnson, the IFS director, said the forecasts unveiled by the Chancellor in the Budget suggested spending would now fall by £10billion in 2020/21.

17/03/16 17:16

Teachers will spend more time in the classroom as part of their training in major changes to how they qualify, it was announced by George Osborne this morning (pictured visiting a school in Yorkshire).

17/03/16 15:06

As of 2018, any drinks with more than a teaspoon (5g) per 100ml will be subject to a tax. Drinks with more than 8g of sugar per 100ml - such as Coca Cola and Red Bull - will be taxed even more.

17/03/16 14:01

The new Lifetime Isa will be launched next April to help people aged 18 to 40 get a foot on the housing ladder, without hindering their efforts to put aside money for their pension

17/03/16 13:42

In a year is that George Osborne (pictured) was hopelessly optimistic about the economy, he is now engaged in a large-scale retreat from his Autumn Statement, writes ALEX BRUMMER.

17/03/16 13:40

Figures that estimate net migration between 2015 and 2021 will be around 1.6million has renewed the row over claims that George Osborne (pictured) is using migration to boost the country's growth.

17/03/16 13:28

The day had already brought one eyepopper when Jeremy Corbyn entered wearing a smart, dark jacket. He gave a self-teasing little shimmy like a fashion model, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

17/03/16 13:26

The Chancellor has promised to close loopholes which allow multinational firms to avoid paying tax in the UK while reducing the burden on British companies.

17/03/16 13:24

George Osborne wooed Middle Britain with tax cuts and a big boost for savers in his Budget announcement yesterday but admitted the UK’s finances had plunged deeper into the red.

17/03/16 13:20

Five minutes into his Budget speech, the Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) launched into a defence of EU membership, quoting selectively from the OBR to make his case

17/03/16 13:14

As George Osborne sat down, having pinked his way through another Budget, three hands shot forth to congratulate him. David Cameron even gave him a little play-punch, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

17/03/16 13:12

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has estimated the levy could add 18p to 24p to the price of a litre of fizzy drink if the full cost is passed on to the consumer.

17/03/16 12:59

Such was his keenness, offering to speak outside Westminster shortly after the sugar tax revelation, that some questioned whether he may have had advanced notice of what the Chancellor had to say.

17/03/16 12:32

The Treasury has dramatically cut capital gains tax, which will help individuals hold on to more of their profits when they sell.

17/03/16 12:24

The Office for Budget Responsibility published forecasts today that predict net migration to the UK will still exceed 100,000 in 2020, while other scenarios could see net migration still at 270,000.

17/03/16 12:19

Isa savers will be able to save tax-free to the tune of £20,000 from April 2017, George Osborne announced in his Budget today.

17/03/16 12:06

Teachers Olivia and Chris Sparkhall described the rise in the higher rate tax threshold as ‘reassuring'. The couple from Hampshire both earn slightly less than the current higher rate threshold.

17/03/16 12:00

The Chancellor announced grim figures on economic growth and the public finances and added the independent Office for Budget Responsibility had warned Brexit would only slow the economy.

17/03/16 11:32

The government has permanently extended its business rate relief scheme and cut the overall level of corporation tax to 17 per cent. It says 250,000 businesses will see their rates cut.

17/03/16 11:13

So incensed was he by the Chancellor's Budget that Graeme Ellis, from Lancaster, ditched his Tory party membership and took the website of the Conservative Disability Group offline.

17/03/16 10:06

The Lifetime Isa is a cross between even more help to buy and the aborted pension Isa plan and it’s a clever idea for both the Chancellor and savers - especially a select group.

17/03/16 09:17

But industry experts suggested drivers shouldn't celebrate too soon: some warned fuel costs could still increase in the near future if oil prices continue to climb above the $40 mark.

17/03/16 07:36

Motorists have escaped an expected fuel duty rise, despite falling petrol and diesel prices. George Osborne insisted families ‘shouldn’t be penalised’ for the state of the oil industry.

17/03/16 07:24

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The Queen is so befuddled by the technical language in her eve-of-Budget fiscal tutorial that ‘she sometimes needs an extra-large martini before dinner’, says my source.

17/03/16 04:56

The Chancellor announced backing for part of High Speed 3, a proposed rail line crossing the North of England. He also gave the ‘green light’ to Crossrail 2, a major rail project crossing London.

17/03/16 04:44

Osborne (left) said he would return Britain to a £10.4billion surplus in 2019-20 but meeting his pledge requires him to announce nearly £14billion of spending cuts and tax rises for that year alone.

17/03/16 04:43

George Osborne is the most substantial politician in this Government, the least irresponsible Chancellor of the Exchequer since Ken Clarke lost the job in 1997, writes MAX HASTINGS.

17/03/16 04:30

Changes to public sector pensions mean the NHS, local councils and some government departments face contributing more to the overall cost from 2019, and schools (file photo) could also be affected.

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