Pre-Budget Report: Tax and Duties
News Article 27 November 2002
Gordon Brown has signalled he will fight tax fraud as part of his drive to fill government coffers.
Pre-Budget Report: Public services
News Article 27 November 2002
The chancellor used his statement to reassure the public sector that cuts to public spending were not part of the agenda to meet the growing budget deficit.
Pre-Budget Report: Business and enterprise
News Article 27 November 2002
The government will do more to help smaller companies, the chancellor has said.
Pre-Budget Report: Key points
News Article 27 November 2002
Highlights of the pre-Budget report.
Gordon Brown: Pre-Budget Report speech in full
News Article 27 November 2002
The full text of the chancellor's pre-Budget report.
Pre-Budget Report: Environmental measures
News Article 27 November 2002
There was little in the pre-Budget report to please environmental campaigners.
Borrowing to rise, Brown tells MPs
News Article 27 November 2002
The chancellor has announced that borrowing is set to rise by £9 billion in order to fund public services in an "uncertain and unstable world".
Investment gloom as Brown prepares to borrow
Press Review 27 November 2002
Brown defends record
Press Review 26 November 2002
Gordon Brown: CBI conference speech in full
News Article 25 November 2002
The full text of the speech given by chancellor Gordon Brown to the CBI annual conference in Manchester.
Brown will borrow to avoid cuts
News Article 25 November 2002
Gordon Brown has signalled that he is ready to increase government borrowing to maintain public spending as the world economy falters.
Brown will face euro grilling
Press Review 22 November 2002
Gloom for Brown
Press Review 21 November 2002
Chancellor downbeat on economic outlook
News Article 21 November 2002
The chancellor has said the downturn in world trade is hitting Britain's economic recovery.
Labour missing performance targets
Press Review 18 November 2002
