Benefits capped, growth forecasts slashed and austerity plans extended to 2018: Chancellor breaks bad news in Autumn Statement

Hard-pressed drivers were given some respite as Osborne scrapped the fuel duty rise

Our Chief Economics Commentator sets the scene for this week's statement

The amount of money that people will be able to pay into their pension pots without paying tax on it could be slashed by up to a third as part of a £1.8bn raid on tax relief.

There's a painful subtext to yesterday's public finance figures. While most of us are paying more tax, many big companies are paying less

Economic View: What on earth will happen to revenues in the longer term and what will that do to politics?

Ten per cent slump in revenues means George Osborne may be unable to hit his fiscal targets

Britain’s highest earners are pocketing 20 times more tax relief on their pension contributions than ordinary workers, a new analysis reveals today.

Nick Clegg today signals that the Liberal Democrats will make reducing childcare costs the key objective of their remaining two and half years in Government.

Most people agree that we have a major problem with congestion. But is inserting a new class distinction into Britain's roads likely to solve the problem? Probably not

The BBC currently allows some workers to be paid as if they were companies rather than individual staff

ComRes survey of local Tory activists suggests only one in three constituency chairmen believes he would improve the party’s prospects of winning a majority at the 2015 election

The French government is to introduce a 75% income tax rate for top earners as part of what it called a “fighting budget” to boost jobs and help growth.