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Commenting on the proposed FSA budget rise of 15%, Prof Philip Booth, Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said

The beneficiaries of a new £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced today by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society

An initial report by the National Audit Office on progress by central government departments in reducing costs has concluded that departments took effective action in 2010-11, cutting spending in real terms by 2.3 per cent or £7.9 billion, compared with 2009-10

 

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing today its report on the results of the January 2012 bank lending survey for the euro area

 

Wales is well placed to play a leading role as we move to a global low carbon economy, according to a new report published today

 

Sentiment among the UK’s small and medium-sized manufacturers fell for the third quarter running in the three months to January, as output stagnated and orders fell against a backdrop of heightened economic and political uncertainty, the CBI said

 

Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, responding to BBC Newsnight reports this evening suggesting that Danny Alexander and David Willetts approved the Chief Executive Officer of the Student Loans Company’s contract, said

 

The Welfare Reform Bill met its seventh government defeat at third reading (31 January). The bill will now be sent to the House of Commons for consideration of amendments

 

The OFT has opened an investigation under the Enterprise Act 2002 into a number of companies that operate gym and fitness club chains or who provide management services to gyms

 

Commenting on President Sarkozy’s plans to introduce a Tobin Tax in France, Prof Philip Booth, Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said

 

Athletes resident outside of the UK who compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be exempt from income tax, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander will announce in Glasgow today. The decision mirrors a similar exemption in place for London 2012

 

Struggling towns and cities across England are being handed the chance to breathe new life into their ailing high streets, Grant Shapps has announced

 

The UK economy remains weak, and over the near term the National Institute of Economic and Social Research do not expect economic conditions to improve. They expect output to be flat this year, as both the private and public sectors continue simultaneous deleveraging

 
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