George Osborne
Inheritance Tax
The Chancellor George Osborne is set to confirm an increase in the inheritance tax (IHT) threshold to £1m per couple in this week's Budget.
06 July 2015
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Markets
Shares in RBS fell by over 2% this morning as it emerged the bank could be hit by a $13bn bill relating to the way it dealt in mortgage bonds before the credit crisis, a US court has warned.
03 July 2015
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Pensions
The Chancellor has told the House of Commons 60,000 savers have taken out a total of £1bn since April, when pensions freedom came into effect.
17 June 2015
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Pensions
Rupert Harrison, former chief of staff to Chancellor George Osborne, is joining BlackRock to help develop its retirement proposition.
12 June 2015
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Economics
Chancellor George Osborne is to begin selling the government's 80% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland at a loss, saying any further delay could jeopardise the economy.
11 June 2015
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Economics
Chancellor George Osborne has announced the government is to sell its remaining 30% stake in Royal Mail.
04 June 2015
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Industry
The government is to move a step closer to selling its stake in RBS, with Chancellor George Osborne set to lay out plans for its privatisation in a speech next week.
02 June 2015
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Wealth managers
The first criminal trial over LIBOR rigging begins in London today as Tom Hayes, former trader at UBS and Citigroup, appears in court charged with eight counts of conspiring to manipulate the lending rate.
26 May 2015
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Investment
Chancellor George Osborne is set to take the unusual step of delivering two Budgets in the same year, after announcing plans to keep the promises the Conservatives made ahead of the general election.
17 May 2015
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