Brown mixes prudence with populism
News Article 16 March 2005
Gordon Brown has unveiled a Budget targeted at pensioners, families and young workers seeking a place on the housing ladder.
Budget
Policy Consultation 15 March 2005
Comments from the British Retail Consortium, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Forum of Private Business.
Government looks to Budget boost
News Article 15 March 2005
Ahead of this week's Budget, Labour has said it will put the economy "centre stage".
Budget to boost British competitiveness
Press Review 15 March 2005
The latest leak ahead of tomorrow's Budget suggests the chancellor will use the statement to look out how the British economy can become more innovative.
Budget set to avoid giveaways
Press Review 14 March 2005
A survey of City economists in the FT finds that they expect the chancellor to announce only around £1.5bn of tax cuts in this week's Budget.
Brown 'to aid house buyers in Budget'
News Article 14 March 2005
Under pressure to do more for first time buyers, the chancellor appears set to ease the burden of stamp duty when he unveils his Budget this week.
Property sale tax claim rejected
News Article 13 March 2005
The Treasury has dismissed Tory claims that Gordon Brown is preparing to impose capital gains tax on homes.
Brown set for 50-year bonds
Press Review 11 March 2005
The FT reports that Britain and Germany could follow France's lead and issue borrowing bonds of up to 50-years.
Think tanks warn on economic policy
News Article 11 March 2005
Separate reports from two right-wing think tanks have warned that Gordon Brown is squandering the economic legacy inherited from the Conservatives.
Parties row over tax burden
News Article 10 March 2005
Ahead of next week's Budget, Gordon Brown and Oliver Letwin have exchanged blows over tax policy.
Brown set to focus on spending plans
Press Review 10 March 2005
Gordon Brown will use next week's Budget to explain how a third term Labour government would spend the £35bn of cuts pledged by the Conservatives.
IMF presses Brown for Budget 'correction'
Press Review 9 March 2005
The International Monetary Fund is calling for Gordon Brown to make "an early correction" to Britain's finances in next week's Budget.
Brown pledges prudent Budget
News Article 6 March 2005
Despite the proximity of the general election the chancellor has predicted that he will deliver a "prudent" Budget later this month.
Accounting error hands Brown extra £3bn
Press Review 1 March 2005
A statistical revision yesterday handed Gordon Brown a Budget boost of around £3 billion.
Asian competition key to Budget and beyond
News Article 28 February 2005
Competing with Asian economies will be a key theme of next month's Budget, the general election campaign and the next parliament, Gordon Brown has said.
