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Autumn Statement: George Osborne launches tax raid on the wealthy and cap benefits at 1% for the next three years

The Chancellor was forced to admit in the Commons that the economy will SHRINK by 0.1 per cent this year, forcing him to announced the Office for Budget Responsibility has predicted the economy will shrink this year by 0.1 per cent, down from the 0.8 per cent growth forecast just nine months ago.




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ALEX BRUMMER on AUTUMN STATEMENT: When will the great pension robbery end?

Chancellors can never resist the opportunity to fiddle with pension rules. George Osborne has joined the club, pushed by the determination of the LibDems to be nasty to rich people.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: AIM-shares tax relief welcomed by small firms and stockbrokers - but one critic condemns the move as 'borderline crazy'

Small companies and stockbrokers welcomed the chance that shares quoted on the junior Alternative Investment Market may qualify for tax relief under the Individual Savings Account shelter.




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AUTUMN STATEMENTt: Taxman to check company transactions as Osborne targets tax dodgers

Banks will be asked to hand over businesses’ credit card transactions in an effort to smoke out tax dodgers, George Osborne announced.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: 'Dash for gas' set to start as Osborne throws his weight behind the fuel

A Gas Generation Strategy published alongside the Autumn Statement confirmed the establishment of an Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: UK banks are let off lightly as scandal-hit lenders set to pay JUST £1.8bn for past sins

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility admitted it expects a £400million shortfall in the Government's coffers, after predicting the bank levy would raise £2.2billion in March's Budget.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Chancellor overhauls private finance initiative to attract investors for Britain's ageing infrastructure

The scheme will focus on s road improvements, housing and local infrastructure, regional growth and business, science, and schools and colleges.




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Autumn Statement: Pensions raid will hit 340,000 high earners

George Osborne yesterday announced he was cutting the tax-free amount an individual can put into their pension each year from £50,000 to £40,000.




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Autumn Statement: Postponed 3p fuel rise is scrapped for good

Motorists celebrated after months of lobbying by campaigners as George Osborne told MPs he was axing the planned January rise.




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Autumn Statement: Mansion tax snub for Clegg - Labour frontbenchers mock Clegg and Cable as Osborne humiliates Lib Dems

Labour frontbenchers mocked Nick Clegg, pictured, and his Lib Dem colleagues as George Osborne dashed their hopes of introducing a 'mansion tax' in his Autumn Statement.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND on AUTUMN STATEMENT: Chancellor's firepower to help firms fight back against the slump

George Osborne hoisted an 'Open for Business' sign over Britain with a multi-billion pound package to help firms fight back against the slump at home and the troubles in the eurozone.




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Autumn Statement: Osborne's big squeeze: 400,000 more workers to be snared in 40% tax trap

The number in the 40 per cent tax band is expected to rise from 3.8million today by another 400,000 over the next three years, the Treasury said yesterday.




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HUGO DUNCAN on AUTUMN STATEMENT: Chill winds whistle through UK economy as forecasts are downgraded again

The Treasury watchdog was forced on Wednesday to defend its reputation after it again downgraded its forecasts for the British economy and the public finances.




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Autumn Statement: Union fury as heads win power to freeze salaries

Annual rises for teachers will be scrapped and heads given almost complete freedom to dictate salary increases in the shake-up outlined in the Autumn Statement.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Tax relief cut on pensions

The changes will come into force in 2014/15 and are expected to bring thousands more well-off savers into tax on their pension contributions, generating an extra £1 billion in tax by 2016/17.




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Osborne's Autumn Statement: key points at a glance

We round up the main announcements in the Chancellor's speech and explore the devil in the detail to see how tax and spending changes affect you.




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Autumn Statement: Middle-classes dragged into pension tax trap

Adele Collinson, pictured, owns an arts and crafts busines and worries the new cap on tax-free pension contributions will hit her retirement plans.




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ANDY YATES: George Osborne just doesn't mean business with his Autumn Statement

Osborne claims the UK is open for business but beyond the hyperbole his budget statement has closed the door on chances to stimulate growth, says one entrepreneur.




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Autumn statement 2012: Osborne puts 400,000 middle-class workers into 40% tax band

George Osborne targeted workers at the top, middle and bottom of the financial heap in his Autumn statement yesterday with a raft of money-saving measures.




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Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week

The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay.




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Autumn Statement: Labour refuses to back 1% cap on benefits rises but minister insists the era of the 'generous' welfare state is over

Pensions minister Steve Webb (pictured) warned the state of the public finances meant 'difficult decisions' had to be taken, and challenged Labour to back them.




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Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week

The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay.




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Ed Balls plays sympathy card as he blames his STAMMER for muddled Autumn Statement response

The Shadow Chancellor - who dressed as Santa for the Westminster Kids Club Christmas party - was jeered in the Commons after declaring that the deficit was coming down before changing his mind.




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'Bungling Balls' has destroyed chances of leading Labour after lacklustre response to Osborne's Autumn statement, claims fellow opposition MP

Bassetlaw MP John Mann said the Shadow Chancellor’s response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement had damaged Mr Balls’s leadership prospects – and made Mr Miliband’s position secure.




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BBC's Andrew Neil nowhere to be seen on Budget Day but will return for the 'more important' Autumn Statement

Where was the BBC’s Daily Politics presenter, Andrew Neil, on Budget Day? Apparently the Budget is viewed as a state occasion by the BBC. And thus the exclusive preserve of Edwards.




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Osborne can look forward to conference and Autumn Statement

Knowing exactly what has unlocked Britain’s recovery is hard to determine. But the elements have been in place for some time.




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Chancellor George Osborne set to cut small firms' taxes in Autumn statement

Treasury sources said the Chancellor will have to ‘make a decision’ on what to do about business rate relief as it is due to expire next year.




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What the Autumn Statement should say

To reclaim the high ground, Mail City Editor Alex Brummer suggests the speech Osborne needs to make from his dispatch box.




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Osborne orders ANOTHER £3billion in cuts to pay for Autumn Statement giveaways

The Chancellor told the Cabinet they must reduce spending every year for the next three years, as he prepared to set out a highly-political statement to the Commons.




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Autumn Statement 2013: In your 20s? You may have to wait 50 years for a pension

Anyone currently in their 40s or younger would be affected by the move, which will see the state pension age rise as the average person lives longer.




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LIVE BLOG: Analysis, reaction, and the verdict on the Autumn Statement

As George Osborne speaks and throughout the day This is Money will be live blogging analysis, reaction, charts and data and what people are saying on social media.




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Autumn Statement 2013: What does the City say?

Osborne has given the first cheerful update in his time as Chancellor, as he raised growth forecasts and cut borrowing predictions today. We round up City reaction.




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Autumn Statement 2013: Stamp duty on shares bought in ETFs to be ditched

The rate paid by ETF providers is currently 0.5 per cent but this will be ditched in April 2014, Chancellor George Osborne revealed in his Autumn Statement today.




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Autumn Statement 2013: Planned fuel tax hike scrapped

Hard-pressed motorists have been told that a planned 2p a litre fuel duty rise will not happen next September in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement today.




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Autumn Statement 2013: Driverless car testing could soon hit the UK

In today’s Autumn Statement, the Government said it would conduct a review to be completed by the end of 2014 to ensure that Britain can help develop and test driverless cars.




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Autumn Statement 2013: New Isa limits announced for next year

Experts had claimed that the lifetime limit could be capped at £100,000 – a figure that seasoned savers may have already reached - but that has not transpired.




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Autumn Statement 2013: NS&I given green light to take in more cash from savers

NS&I has been given a higher financing target for the financial year Chancellor George Osborne revealed in the Autumn Statement today.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Autumn Statement does little to address issues holding small businesses back

George Osborne did not address problems such as low levels of investment, lack of access to finance, and high energy costs.




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Autumn Statement 2013: Chancellor aiming to halt tax avoidance as he launches £9bn crackdown on schemes that scrimp the Treasury

George Osborne described the crackdown as the 'largest package of measures to tackle tax avoidance, tax evasion, fraud and error so far this parliament'.




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Autumn Statement 2013: George Osborne to plead for more time to fix nation's finances despite stronger economic growth

The Chancellor unveiled a raft of upbeat data pointing to the recovery gaining momentum, with record numbers in work, borrowing falling and house prices forecast to soar by 5.2 per cent next year.




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Mac on... the Autumn Statement

'Hello. I think Lucinda is making an Autumn Statement.'




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Robot fund tax unplugged

George Osborne revealed that the 0.5 per cent stamp duty savers have to pay for buying shares in UK-based exchange-traded funds will be abolished from next April.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Government to clamp down on firms hiring 'disguised' staff to avoid paying national insurance

Many employers are hiring staff on contracts where they are classed as self employed, even if they are full-time employees.




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Half of voters think George Osborne's Autumn Statement was bad for them

In a blow for the Chancellor who used the Autumn Statement to unveil a raft of populist giveaways, 60 per cent thought it was good for ‘rich people’.




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Autumn Statement 2013 retirees can 'buy' extra state pension

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that pensioners will get the chance to boost their incomes in a six month window between October 2015 and April 2016.




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Autumn Statement 2013: Is the Chancellor planning another raid on pension savers?

With this year's statement imminent, pension experts are pleading for a grace period for an industry that has undergone wide-ranging regulatory changes in recent years.




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Autumn Statement 2013: How state pension ages have risen again

The age at which people can claim their state pension will rise to 68 in the mid-2030s, 69 in the late-2040s and future rises will be linked to life expectancy.




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Call for Osborne to offer tax breaks for the self-employed in Autumn Statement

Call for a freelancer limited company structure to be set up within the tax system and for training for a new career to be tax deductable.




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ALEX BRUMMER: Energy moves to centre stage as George Osborne prepares Autumn statement

Oil price decline provides a key backcloth to the budget. It will keep downward pressure on inflation, and offers the prospect that the decline in real earnings could start to be reversed.




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George Osborne rules out traditional pre-election giveaways in Autumn statement 

The Chancellor insists there will be no political tax breaks because Britain must ‘stay the course to prosperity’.