Chancellor

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has written to the Chancellor to ask for a cut in financial services regulation in his upcoming emergency Budget.

We always dust this one off on Budget day, but can you remember which Chancellor took almost five hours to deliver his speech?

Chancellor Alistair Darling last night expressed confidence Britain was on the road to economic recovery but warned the financial sector could not return to 'business as usual' and a 'culture change' for banks was essential.

The Treasury has confirmed the Pre-Budget Report will be announced at 3.30pm on 24 November.

Lloyds TSB staff will have the same limits to their bonus payments as other banks taking advantage of the Government's capital injection scheme, the Chancellor said today.

The Government's temporary stamp duty relief is not nearly radical enough to revive the ailing housing market, according to critics.

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, is to set up five working groups with leading City figures to help maintain London's place as a pre-eminent financial centre.

The Treasury has put its weight behind a new International Centre for Financial Regulation (ICFR) due to launch at the end of this year.

Gordon Brown has today announced measures to help first time buyers as well as the creation of a new national savings scheme in Draft Legislation for the year ahead.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced this afternoon he will raise the personal tax allowance by £600 with immediate effect.