Everyone in the capital here is preoccupied with the outcome of the midterm elections, now just nine days away.

The displays may be colourful but the pre-Budget mood is bleak at a garden centre in Chancellor John Healey's Yorkshire ...

John Healey is expected to deliver a 'do no harm' package of limited tax hikes for banks, and cost-of-living support for ...

Carmakers are squeezing more horsepower out of ever-shrinking engines so the average power output today matches many ...

Ruby Turner MBE is a singer who has toured with Jools Holland's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra for more than 30 years.

Craig Beaumont has been spending a lot of time in Downing Street. 'I was in with the Chancellor asking about the Budget and ...

Two years ago Cj, a tech consultant, had just £5,000 in savings. But a financial wake-up call sent him on a path of extreme ...

We examine which taxes are likely to rise, which have been ruled out and whether Healey might reverse some of Labour's most ...

I'm worried my son will have a large tax bill to pay when he inherits my home. I've heard gifts made more than seven years ...

Barclays, which is axing 5,000 roles at the end of a three-year cost-cutting drive, has fallen out of favour with investors amid doubts about its strategy and disappointing third-quarter results.

Britain has tumbled down the Nato league table of military spenders. The US outlays ten times more than the UK and treasures ...

Will the Budget provide a glimmer of hope for those 3.5 million women given inadequate notice of increases to their state pension age? Probably not given the parlous state of the Government's finances ...