The government has seen off calls in Parliament to scrap its planned rise in VAT to 20% from next January, as reported by the BBC. A proposed amendment to the Finance Bill by the SNP and Plaid Cymru, which would have pre ...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg told Gordon Brown he had to leave office as the price of any coalition deal with Labour, it has emerged, as reported by the BBC.
Chancellor George Osborne is meeting public sector employees who have suggested ideas for saving money as part of a consultation on future cuts, as reported by the BBC.
David Cameron has pledged "radical reform" in the way government departments work, in a speech to an audience of civil servants, according to a BBC report. The prime minister outlined plans for departments to set "clear ...
Deputy PM Nick Clegg has come under fire for planning a voting system referendum on the day of elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as reported by the BBC.
Ministers will meet unions later to head off strike threats over changes to public sector redundancy terms, according to a BBC report.Treasury figures suggest 600,000 public sector jobs could go over the next five years, ...
A referendum on changing the UK`s voting system is planned for 5 May 2011, the BBC understands, according to a BBC report. A vote on changing from first-past-the-post to the alternative vote (AV) could be held on the day ...
Foreign Secretary William Hague is setting out how he intends to make British foreign policy more "clear, focused and effective", according to a BBC report.
Ministers have signalled that incapacity benefits will be targeted in a summer spending review aimed at cutting the GBP 155bn deficit, according to a BBC report.
A Conservative MP is to donate GBP 60,000 made from the sale of his second home to charity, as reported by the BBC. John Baron recently sold the three-bedroom house in Billericay, Essex, for around GBP 250,000, having bo ...
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