Shane Croucher

Chancellor George Osborne is set to unveil billions more in welfare cuts as the coalition strives to tackle the budget deficit.

More work to do on "death plans" says top FSA regulator meaning a sudden banking collapse could still leave the public purse with the bill

East London mural has been deemed anti-Semitic and a councillor wants the artist prosecuted. Shane Croucher argues for free speech.

Controversial artwork on wall in major multicultural part of east London with long Jewish history sparks fury but street artist says it is not anti-Semitic.

Cost-cutting and abandoned investment rather than output producing profits, says ONS, threatening future tax revenues on corporate profits

An improving economy that will likely emerge from recession in the third quarter deters Bank of England policymakers from yet more quantitative easing

IB Times looks back on a string of e-mail disasters which have shone a light on endemic malpractice within the banking sector.

PMI survey for service sector reveals slowdown in activity and adds to evidence UK economy barely recovered from recession in third quarter

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg say more austerity to meet debt target threatens UK's recovery from recession

Robust labour market and limited supply preventing sharper decline

PMI survey data of slowing orders and dropping output in construction sector pointing to 'ominous future'.

British Chambers of Commerce business survey shows falling confidence, investment and new hires as damp domestic demand hinders economy

Hometrack's research shows weakening demand but tight supply helps underpin house prices from a sharper decline

A CBI survey shows business volumes dropping in financial sector and labour costs cut in three months to September

September saw another fall in activity for embattled manufacturing sector according to leading private industry survey

Service sector bounce in July suggests UK economy will return to growth in third quarter

GFK NOP research shows consumer optimism growing in September and offers hope for festive reatil boost

Lloyds TSB scoops dubious gong of most complained-about bank with 391,272 gripes lodged in first six months of 2012.

Revised official data shows softer decline in UK GDP in the second quarter

Bank of England rate-setter Paul Fisher expects significant injection to recession-hit British economy through lending to consumers and small businesses

Business Secretary Vince Cable and Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander outlined coalition government and Lib Dem economic and business policy

Having been battered by dreary macroeconomic environment, Christmas trading period more important than ever for British retailers

British Banking Association data shows more first time buyers entering housing market in August

DMGT said results will meet market expectations with boost from solid business-to-business performance and London 2012

Thousands of jobs in high street sportswear retailer JJB are at risk as the business fails to secure a buyer

An increasing number of people in the recession-hit UK economy are becoming self-employed. IBTimes UK explores.

Despite austerity to tackle Britain's deficit in public finances, the budget gap is widening and Chancellor George Osborne may be forced to reveiw debt target.

As the number of people out of work for over a year swells, IBTimes UK explores the problem, those suffering, and those trying to mend it under the Work Programme

August retail sales data from the ONS shows boost from Premiership football shirt sales but struggling sector sees little gain from London 2012