Budget 2011
Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his second Budget on March 23, 2011.
Budget 2011 news
Timeline: From poor laws to rates to poll tax
Here is a timeline showing how local taxation has evolved in Britain.
09 Mar 2011
Council tax frozen as authorities cut services
Council tax bills will be frozen next year as town hall chiefs cut services rather than passing on cost of slashed budgets.
08 Mar 2011
Red tape Britain: regulation is driving me batty
An outdoor activities centre has had to leave rooms out of action for three months as it waits for the heated bat box it had been told to install to be approved by inspectors.
07 Mar 2011
New law is green rules gone mad
Norman Tudge, the owner of a group of holiday cottages being burdened by the unnecessary duplication of green laws, is the latest business owner to join the Telegraph’s campaign to cut red tape.
06 Mar 2011
Business urges Cameron to sweep away 'ridiculous' red tape
Business leaders have challenged David Cameron to match his rhetoric by stamping out the "ridiculous rules and regulations" he cited in a speech on Sunday with tangible action for small business growth in the Budget.
06 Mar 2011
Scrap 50p tax rate, CBI tells Osborne
The CBI has called for the Chancellor to commit to scrapping the 50pc tax rate in the Budget as a vital measure for boosting enterprise and economic growth.
06 Mar 2011
Heritage laws threaten Leigh Spinners
Leigh Spinners, a Lanchashire textile mill is the latest company to join The Telegraph campaign to reduce the tangle of red tape tying up British business.
05 Mar 2011
Osborne pledges to tackle 'forces of stagnation'
The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at the record low of 0.5pc this week, as concerns about the strength of economic recovery in the UK take precedence over the need to tackle inflation.
05 Mar 2011
George Osborne to create £100m 'enterprise zones'
The Government is to allocate £100m in the Budget to create a series of "enterprise zones" designed to become economic hotbeds that will lead Britain back to growth.
05 Mar 2011
Osborne's red box needs to cut red tape
The political fight is over. Let the real battle now commence.
04 Mar 2011
Small businesses campaign against rates and fuel duty
The Federation of Small Businesses has called for a Budget that provides economic stability
01 Mar 2011
How Osborne can lay groundwork for growth
In just a few weeks, the Government is publishing its second Budget, in which it will set out its plan for growth and how we can get the economy moving.
28 Feb 2011
UK public finances boosted by tax receipts
The pressure on Britain's creaking public finances ease slightly as the Government records its highest monthly borrowing surplus in more than two years.
22 Feb 2011
Cut VAT on home repairs, says RICS
Next month's Budget should slash the amount of VAT people pay on repair and maintenance work on their homes to boost the struggling construction sector, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
17 Feb 2011
Chancellor to refocus R&D tax credits
Sir James Dyson believes enhanced reliefs for small technology companies and investors will form part of the Chancellor's growth Budget
15 Feb 2011
George Osborne considers greater tax on non-doms
Plans to increase the amount of money raised from taxing wealthy “non-doms” are actively being considered ahead of next month’s Budget.
07 Feb 2011
Institute of Directors lays out growth blueprint toTreasury
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has issued the Treasury with a 10-point blueprint for growth ahead of next month's Budget.
07 Feb 2011
Government told to keep faith with cuts
Institute for Fiscal Studies expects borrowing to undershoot official forecasts and said the Coalition should resist pressure to dilute meaures as construction bounces back after being hit hard by the snow.
02 Feb 2011
John Swinney to announce 'smoke-and-mirrors Budget'
Scotland’s Finance Minister will today produce a “smoke-and-mirrors Budget” to improve the SNP’s chances of winning a second term at Holyrood, opposition parties have claimed.
17 Nov 2010
Chancellor's 2011 Budget set for March 23
George Osborne, the Chancellor, has set the date for the 2011 Budget - Wednesday, March 23.
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04 Nov 2010
Retired public servants hit by pensions 'bomb shell'
Millions of retired doctors, civil servants and council workers will be worse off by hundreds of pounds from next year following a pensions 'bombshell'.
12 Oct 2010
This child benefit cut should be softened
It is hard to see how punishing stay-at-home mothers can fit with the Conservative claim to be the party of the family.
04 Oct 2010
Osborne's £5.8bn benefits tax grab 'not the best approach'
Leading statistical body questions Chancellor's claim that a £5.8bn tax grab from benefits, tax credits and public service pensions is 'fair'.
01 Sep 2010
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