Workers will not pay any tax on the first £10,000 of their wages from next year - 12 months earlier than planned.

The price of a pint of beer is to be cut by a penny – paid for by big tax rises on wine and spirits, George Osborne announced today.

Cairn Energy has signed a deal to acquire an interest in Senegal for the first time, as it continues to broaden its reach beyond Greenland, where expensive drilling has yet to yield results.

A council survey on wheelie bins which asked residents about their sexual orientation has been branded a waste of taxpayers' money by politicians.

George Osborne is due to announce a tax relief package to help parents as part of latest Budget

A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100 million a year in National Insurance will be closed in the Budget, it was announced.

George Osborne has been urged to slash the VAT rate for the building industry when he announces his 2013 Budget next Wednesday.

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A Swiss banker alleged to have helped 60 people hide some $184 million from US taxmen has landed most of his miscreant clients in court after accidentally posting a list of their names and incriminating details to the authorities, state prosecutors have confirmed.

Voters accept austerity – except when they’re told its George Osborne’s idea, an intriguing poll has found.

The majority of British children will soon be growing up in families which are struggling “below the breadline” because of welfare cuts, tax rises and wage freezes, the Government is warned today.

She may be a conservative Christian Democrat, but Angela Merkel enjoys being described as the “greenest” Chancellor the Germans have ever had. The reputation does not stem entirely from her post-Fukushima policy U-turn which prompted her to announce an abrupt end to German nuclear power.

The Coalition's changes to the university funding system has cost them six times more than they had initially aimed to save in, the Independent recently reported.