Council tax rises ‘under control’

Ministers insisted council tax rates were “under control” as the government said it expected average bills to rise by less than 5% next year.

UK debt to ‘cost each family £4k’

Paying off Britain’s massive debt will cost every family £4,000 a year, Gordon Brown was warned last night.

‘Cut tax or 7,500 boozers go bust’

AT least 7,500 pubs could go bust by 2012 unless taxes are cut, campaigners warn.

Gordon Brown hints at tax cuts for poor and support for green technology

In a speech in New York, the prime minister also suggested UK interest rates would be cut again soon