Posts Tagged ‘budget’

MP Alexander to appear before MSPs

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander is to appear before MSPs next week to explain the consequences of the Budget, it has been confirmed.

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Scots flights at risk from air fare tax

A POTENTIAL doubling of tax on air fares expected to be announced in this week’s Budget will force airlines to consider raising prices or cutting flights serving Scotland

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Big tax changes on way in coalition’s new plans

NEXT month’s emergency Budget is on course to deliver the most far-reaching tax changes in years, with the reform of individual taxes at the top of the agenda.

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The Budget: No alarms and no surprises as Darling…

AHEAD of a general election and in the shadow of the recession and rising fiscal debt, it is perhaps no surprise that yesterday’s Budget speech included very few unexpecte

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BCC warns economy on a knife edge

BRITAIN’S “fragile” economy is on a knife edge and could relapse into recession unless Alistair Darling sets out a “credible” Budget detailing how he will

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