Treasury beset by exodus of top staff
Departures creating real operational difficulties with the Budget just seven seeks away
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Euro summit set for growth focus
The eurozone crisis is set to dominate an EU summit in Brussels, as leaders place the emphasis on growth and “smart” budget discipline.
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MoD braced to axe 3,000 more jobs
Civilian staff face job cuts as Ministers admit to £2bn budget overspend despite drastic overhaul of the armed services
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NHS chief worries about savings ‘short cuts’
Sir David stresses need to concentrate NHS services in fewer centres rather than hospitals cutting corners trying to deliver a full service on smaller budget
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Ten steps to save yourself £5,000
Blown the budget on Christmas spending? Kara Gammell offers some easy steps to redemption.
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Ten steps to save yourself £3,000
Blown the budget on Christmas spending? Kara Gammell offers some easy steps to redemption.
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Italian debt costs tumble after auction
Boost for Mario Monti’s new technocratic government, its emergency austerity budget and the ECB’s liquidity programme for banks
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AstraZeneca: trial and error
If Anglo-Swedish drugmaker maintains R&D budget, investors should stay put
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UK alone as EU agrees fiscal deal
EU leaders say the UK is now the only country not backing a tax and budget pact on the eurozone debt crisis, after Hungary changes its stance.
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‘No going back’ on defence cuts
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is expected to warn of more painful decisions ahead as the Ministry of Defence tries to balance its budget.
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Budget Day 2012 will be 21 March
George Osborne announces that next year’s Budget will be held on 21 March.
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Budget errors add to schools reform fears
There are concerns that the changes will not live up to their revolutionary billing and that autonomy could lead some to perform less well
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Budget Day will be 21 March
George Osborne announces that next year’s Budget will be held on 21 March.
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Watchdog defends economy forecast
The head of the Office for Budget Responsibility defends its forecasts for growth in the economy after MPs accuse it of getting them “horribly wrong”.
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2012 ‘risk of exceeding budget’
The 2012 Olympic Games could overshoot its £9.3bn budget unless “rigorous action” is taken to curb costs, the Whitehall spending watchdog warns.
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Housing market ‘pick-up in 2013′
UK housing market activity will surge in 2013 after a stagnant few years, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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Public sector bears brunt of budget cuts
More pay restraint for public sector workers and a freeze on some elements of tax credits for working families
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Europe fears weigh on global equities
Bulls unable to escape sovereign debt shackles as budget deadlock in the US joins worries about persistent eurozone fiscal stress
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S&P 500 pares losses in late trading
Bulls unable to escape sovereign debt shackles as budget deadlock in the US joins worries about persistent eurozone fiscal stress
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Stocks fall on US and Europe debt fears
Bulls unable to escape their sovereign debt shackles as budget deadlock in the US joins worries about persistent eurozone fiscal stress
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