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Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to continue cutting taxes for what he calls the "hardworking people in our country".

Chancellor George Osborne has said he will cap the country's welfare budget each year for the next four years from April 2015 - but the state pension will not be included.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Chancellor George Osborne is to tell the electorate this week that his debt plans are in ruins, with the deadline for bringing UK debt down pushed back by many years.

Former Conservative cabinet stalwart Michael Heseltine is to argue the coalition government cannot continue on its current economic path in a "damning" critique of its growth strategy.

A report is calling for the government to raise the 40p income tax threshold to stop hundreds of thousands of extra people falling into the bracket.

Mark Hoban has been moved across from the Treasury, where he is currently financial secretary, to the Department for Work and Pensions as part of the government reshuffle.

Britain will sign up for fiscal discipline in the eurozone, but not at the expense of our industries or our independence, Prime Minister David Cameron has declared.

The EU summit on 4 February passed off with surprisingly little drama. The EU nations for once decided to avoid interesting public rows on the future of the euro.

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