Labour rebel MPs fail to secure amendment to Finance Bill on 10p tax

A group of Labour MPs failed to pass an amendment to the Finance Bill yesterday that would have forced the goverment to ensure nobody is financially worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax.

Lords concerned that finance bill may put pensions savings at risk

The House of Lords Committee on the Finance Bill has said that proposed restrictions to relief for pensions contributions risk damaging pensions savings.

Commons debates Finance Bill into the night

MPs were still at Westminster at 1:30 this morning as the final stages of the Finance Bill was debated in the Commons.

Thatcher watches her former ministers condemn government economic policy

A string of familiar faces from economic crises past spoke in Lords debate on Britain’s economic prospects yesterday.

Yvette Cooper accuses Tories of “80s revivalism gone rampant”

The Budget continued to make its way through Parliament yesterday with the Second Reading of the Finance Bill.

MPs name and shame cheap cider and defend bingo halls

Frosty Jack’s cider costs £3.39 and has 7.5 per cent. alcohol. A bottle holds 22.5 units.

Treasury committee not convinced by government’s “optimistic” growth forecasts

The powerful Commons Treasury committee has published its report on the 2009 Budget with a stark warning to the government that it is “not convinced” by forecasts of growth.

Budget debate continues with attacks on Tory party policy

The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills opened the third day of the debate on the Budget with an attack on the opposition.

Alan Duncan asks if Harriet Harman feels “appreciated” by the Prime Minister

At their weekly Commons tete-a-tete on Thursday, the Leader of the House and her Shadow, Alan Duncan, clashed over the supposed “leak” of Budget information and the Prime Minister’s “deeply weird” appearance on YouTube.

Debate on “unravelling” Budget continues

The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that this week’s Budget has set a new world record because it “unravelled” in half an hour.