From UK Dec 6, 2012

Rating threat after Autumn Statement

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Chancellor admits targets will be missed

People with umbrellas make their way along Southbank in London ©Getty From UK Dec 5, 2012

Fiscal watchdog slashes UK forecasts

Dismal economic performance set to last five years

Retail Sales ©Bloomberg From UK Dec 5, 2012

Time stands still for Osborne

Recovery is slower than for any past downturn

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Bond investors braced for more austerity

Fund managers resigned to extended period of low growth

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Tax changes won’t reverse fiscal drag

Higher-rate taxpayers can expect only temporary relief

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Gavyn Davies: Throwing a searchlight on monetary policy

Focus must shift towards unclogging banking system so monetary policy can work

From UK Dec 5, 2012

Corporation tax cut again

Osborne excludes banks from benefit

George Osborne and Danny Alexander ©Getty From UK Dec 5, 2012

Osborne to extend austerity into 2018

Low growth and high borrowing point to bleak Autumn Statement

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Osborne to put £5bn into capital projects

Education and transport identified for extra investment

George Osborne ©Getty From UK Dec 2, 2012

Osborne admits UK deficit plan off track

Statement to flag welfare spend crackdown and higher tax for rich

From UK Dec 2, 2012

Item Club pessimistic on UK growth

Chancellor to miss target on debt to national income ratio

From UK Nov 27, 2012

UK growth hits 1% in third quarter

OECD forecasts public finances to remain in bad shape

From UK Nov 21, 2012

UK borrowing rises to £8.6bn in October

Corporate tax revenues fall 9% in financial year

From UK Nov 9, 2012

Osborne launches raid on QE surplus

Bank of England to transfer £11bn to Treasury

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