Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, on...
Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, on the OBR and spending announcements
View ArticleChancellor announces date of emergency Budget
The emergency Budget will be held on Tuesday 22 June, the Chancellor announced today.
View ArticleChancellor announces policies to enhance fiscal credibility
Sir Alan Budd will chair a new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), established on an interim basis today, to assess the state of the public finances, the Chancellor has announced.
View ArticleGovernment announces £6.2bn of savings in 2010-11
Action to cut Whitehall waste and protect schools spending
View ArticleGovernment commits to transparent, fair and independently designed payment...
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, today confirmed the Governments commitment to establishing an independently designed payment scheme for Equitable Life policyholders that is swift,...
View ArticleUK official holdings of International Reserves
UK official holdings of International Reserves, May 2010
View ArticlePublishing data from the COINS database
As part of the Prime Ministers transparency initiative, the Treasury has today taken the unprecedented step of publishing data from the Combined Online Information System (COINS) for 2008-09 and...
View ArticleSpending Review 2010 - the Governments approach
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander today announced details of how the next Spending Review (SR) will be conducted.
View ArticleSir John Vickers to Chair the Independent Commission on Banking
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne today announced that Sir John Vickers will chair the Independent Commission on Banking.
View ArticleAction to tackle poor value for money and unfunded spending commitments
Today, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, announced which projects re-submitted to the Treasury will be suspended and cancelled as part of a review of all spending decisions taken...
View ArticleChancellor announces John Hutton to chair commission on public service pensions
The Chancellor announced today that John Hutton has accepted his invitation to chair the independent Public Service Pensions Commission.
View ArticleGovernment launches review of fair pay in the public sector led by Will Hutton
The Government today confirms the launch of an independent review of fair pay in the public sector headed by leading economist Will Hutton.
View ArticlePublication of Main Supply Estimates, and Supplementary Budgetary Information...
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban, today presented to the House of Commons the Main Supply Estimates for 2010-11.
View ArticleBudget announcement on the Civil List for 2011
In his Budget statement today the Chancellor announced that payment to the Civil List for calendar year 2011 will be unchanged at £7.9m.
View ArticleChancellor appoints Dr Martin Weale as external member of the Monetary Policy...
The Chancellor today announced that Dr Martin Weale has been appointed to succeed Kate Barker as external member on the Monetary Policy Committee.
View ArticleUK Official holdings of international reserves, June 2010
This monthly press notice shows details of movements in June in the UKs official holdings of international reserves, which consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
View ArticleSpeech by The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP at the...
It is a pleasure to be with you this afternoon and to have this opportunity to set out the Governments vision for a responsible approach to personal finance.
View ArticleThe Government launches a consultation on removing the requirement to...
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, today announced the start of an 8-week consultation on removing the effective requirement to annuitise by age 75
View ArticlePublic expenditure outturn update
Todays release of public expenditure statistics presents updated estimates of key public spending outturn series against two frameworks
View ArticleOffice of Tax Simplification
The Chancellor George Osborne and Exchequer Secretary David Gauke today established the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS).
View ArticleGovernment announces introduction of Equitable Life Bill and establishment of...
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP announced today that the Coalition Government has introduced a Bill to Parliament, which will enable payments to be made to Equitable Life policyholders.
View ArticleGovernment announces publication of Sir John Chadwicks report on Equitable Life
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP announced today that the Coalition Government has published the final report by Sir John Chadwick...
View ArticlePublic Expenditure 2009-10: Provisional Outturn
The Treasury today published the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 7911) showing provisional outturn for Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) in 2009-10...
View ArticleFinancial Secretary to the Treasury launches consultation on the...
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, today launched the Governments consultation on the implementation of reforms to financial regulation.
View ArticleGovernment invites views on tax policies
Today the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke MP has published nine documents for discussion and consultation relating to tax, following commitments made at the June Budget.
View ArticleAnother step towards independence for Northern Rock plc
A further milestone in Northern Rock plcs return to independence has been reached today, with notice that HM Treasurys guarantee arrangements in place for the banks wholesale liabilities will end in...
View ArticleBuilding the economy of the future speech by the Chancellor of the...
George Osborne spoke to an invited audience at Bloomberg in London about the current state of the economy.
View ArticlePublic invited to vote on ideas to make savings
The public is today being asked to vote to find the best ideas from over 44,000 submitted to the Treasury as part of the public engagement through the Spending Challenge website.
View ArticleChancellor announces reforms to the welfare system
The Chancellor announced today two significant reforms to the welfare system
View ArticleChief Secretary sets out roadmap for rural fuel duty rebate
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, today announced the Governments intention to introduce a pilot scheme that will deliver a maximum of 5 pence per litre duty discount on petrol and...
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