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Osborne renews call for early deficit reduction
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne and Chancellor Alistair Darling battle it out over how to tackle the deficit.
LibDems warn against forcing through spending cuts too soon
Party proposes scrapping higher-rate pension tax relief and equalising capital gains tax with income tax.
MPs blast social care system
The health committee’s latest report says the social care system in England is underfunded, discriminatory and severely rationed.
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Finance Bill rush could miss issues
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MPs question UKFI-Treasury link
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Govt hints at ‘death tax’ for LTC funding
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Tories' top aim is to scrap rise in NI payments
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Hoban wants to end imperial tax system
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Brown declares he is best person to lead recovery
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Northern Rock’s bad bank makes £257m loss
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Lord Lipsey outlines principles to tackle social care reform
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Lib Dems say Tory social care plans are "unaffordable"
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Fitch takes shot across UK bows
Analysis
Why a hung Parliament would be a disaster for the markets
’Equity investors would just assume there would be policy stasis, infighting and indecision’
Financial services could be hung out to dry
Hung Parliament: ‘Industry needs to put its case and this will mean working with politicians from across the spectrum’
The annuities alternative
Helen Pow reports that the Tory manifesto plan to axe compulsory annuitisation could see innovative products coming into the retirement market.
Opinion
Beware the pre-election spin
You can tell a general election is in the air as the Government cranks up its spin machine a few notches.
Playing politics?
“What do the Conservatives expect to happen? Simply a shiny new name badge on the front door of the FSA?”
Reach a settlement
Aegon’s Rachel Vahey says political parties should work together to find an LTC solution.
Reforming social care the Conservative way
Shadow health minister Stephen O’Brien explains why the Conservatives can deliver real change to the social care system.
MM leader: Tories must drop gimmicks and look to long term
The Conservative Party’s offer of discounted bank shares appears designed more as a headline-grabber in the run-up to the general election than a serious attempt to create a better savings culture.
Could the Tories scrap the DWP?
Iain Anderson suggests the Tories could move pension and welfare responsibility to the Treasury.
