Search Results for: Chancellor George Osborne
George Osborne has pledged to cut corporation tax to 15% from 20% rate
July 4th, 2016
George Osborne has pledged to cut corporation tax to encourage businesses to continue investing in the UK following the EU referendum vote. In an interview with the Financial Times, the chancellor said he would reduce the rate to below 15% ...
Tax rise risk from George Osborne’s ‘inflexible’ budget target
February 9th, 2016
Chancellor George Osborne’s “inflexible” budget surplus target may mean sudden tax rises or spending cuts, independent economists suggest. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that Mr Osborne’s pledge to run a budget surplus “in normal times” from 2019-20 ...
Osborne: India to liberalise legal services
January 25th, 2016
George Osborne today announced a raft of trade deals with his counterpart in India that include opening up the country’s legal market to foreign lawyers. The chancellor and Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have reached a number of agreements ...
George Osborne pledges lowest corporation tax in G20 but new bank tax hits UK small lenders
July 9th, 2015
Chancellor pledges lowest corporation tax in the G20 – but casts punitive net over the UK’s small lenders Chancellor George Osborne ushered in a new tax regime for British banks yesterday, dialling down the controversial bank levy while introducing a new ...
Greek Exit Would Be Difficult for World Economy: Osborne
February 10th, 2015
Today February 10, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne discussed the risks of a “Grexit” and how he’s planning ahead to deal with any outcome. He speaks to Bloomberg’s Svenja O’Donnell at the G-20 Summit in Istanbul. Watch the ...
Business lobby warning on chancellor’s new ‘Google tax’
December 5th, 2014
The chancellor wants multinationals to pay their “fair share” of tax The Confederation of British Industry has warned over Chancellor George Osborne’s plans for the UK to “go it alone” on corporate tax reform. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...
Osborne moves to cut spending to 1930s levels in dramatic autumn statement
December 4th, 2014
The chancellor, George Osborne, has set out dramatic plans to move Britain from the red into the black that will see public spending as a percentage of GDP fall to its lowest level since the 1930s and could require ...
Osborne accused of obstructing MPs over Co-op and Lloyds Bank deal
August 21st, 2014
George Osborne was accused of unreasonably withholding information on ministers’ meetings with Lloyds and Co-op bankers in a series of confrontational letters published yesterday. He was accused of obstructing MPs trying to work out whether the government pressured bank ...
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Advances as UK Retail Sales Trigger Rush for Sterling
November 17th, 2016
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Climbs after Forecast-Beating Retail Sales Results The Pound has been able to rise by 0.4% against the US Dollar today, primarily on account of the October retail sales results. On the month and the ...
HMRC sets rules for Worldwide Disclosure Facility on unreported offshore accounts
August 29th, 2016
The WDF will launch on 5 September 2016 and will be available to anyone who is disclosing a UK tax liability that relates wholly or in part to an offshore issue. This includes: income arising from a source outside ...
