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Summer budget 2015: George Osborne announces funding for memorial to victims of Tunisia massacre
Chancellor said monument should also be built to remember victims of overseas terrorism.
Summer budget 2015: Landlords targeted in tax relief crackdown by George Osborne
Osborne adjusts buy-to-let and rent-a-room reliefs so landlords pay more tax.
Summer budget 2015: Public sector pay rises capped at 1% for four more years
Chancellor George Osborne could face strike action after the controversial announcement.
Summer budget 2015: Conservative welfare cuts will hit women the hardest
All-Tory budget presented by George Osborne will affect women who rely on benefits and tax credits.
Summer budget 2015: Ten years of Tory chancellor George Osborne [Slideshow]
Follow Osborne's transformation from young shadow chancellor to first secretary of state.
Labour hopefuls Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall in pro-parent blog row as Tory budget looms
Drama broke out after Labour's shadow media minister Helen Goodman wrote a piece supporting Cooper.
Summer budget 2015: Everything you need to know in 90 seconds
IBTimes UK explains what you need to know about George Osborne's first all-Tory budget.
Summer budget 2015: How Sunday trading works in Britain
George Osborne set to relax rules governing shops that trade on Sundays.
Summer budget 2015: George Osborne to lift restrictions on Sunday trading hours
But FSB warns that small retailers could miss out if councils scrap the current rules.
Edmund Shing: Halfords investors find solace in Lycra-clad men as George Osborne inflicts welfare woe
What surprises could Chancellor George Osborne spring on the great British public?
Summer budget 2015: Chancellor George Osborne plans to lift restrictions on Sunday trading
Move is likely to be opposed by unions, church groups and small convenience stores.
Summer budget 2015: BBC will fund £650m licence fee for over 75s says John Whittingdale
The BBC's director-general says the agreement will secure the long-term funding of the broadcaster.
Summer budget 2015: British Bankers' Association urges George Osborne to cut bank levy
BBA wants Osborne to scrap levy while the IoD calls for a more simple tax system.
Osborne to slash benefit cap and remove housing subsidies as part of £12bn welfare cuts
Welfare cuts are part of Chancellor's strategy to balance budget.
George Osborne to scrap inheritance tax on homes worth up to £1m
Chancellor expected to announce tax threshold on properties worth up to £1m.
Summer budget 2015: Universal living wage would give UK £1.5bn boost says KPMG
The financial firm also said six million low-paid workers could be lifted out of poverty.
Summer budget 2015 preview: What can you expect from George Osborne on 8 July?
The chancellor will unveil his emergency economic plan after the Tories won a shock majority.
UK Treasury further prunes stake in Lloyds Bank
Government had acquired 41% stake in Lloyd's business in 2008 shelling out some £20bn.
Auto-enrolment: Brave new pensions world still leaves savers short by a long chalk
Roger Sanders OBE, managing director of LighthouseGEB, takes a nuanced view of the current state of pensions auto-enrolment.
Summer budget: GDP results beat expectations before George Osborne unveils big plan
The chancellor will be boosted after the ONS said the UK economy grew by 0.4% at the start of 2015.
Pension freedoms will see £6bn taken from pots as Treasury counts tax receipts
Government pension reforms will earn Treasury about £1.2bn in tax revenues this year.
RBS chairman Philip Hampton: 'It will take years for the government to sell our shares'
RBS says it will also take until 2019 before the bank is as profitable and low-risk as it aims to be.
Treasury reduces Lloyds stake to below 17%
So far, the government has recovered £11.5bn from sale of Lloyds shares in various phases.
George Osborne, Iain Duncan Smith to slash welfare budget by £12bn
Ministers outline austerity measures aimed at 'reforming the damaging culture of welfare dependency'
UK public sector net borrowing hits eight-year low in May
Borrowing went down 9.44% in the financial year to March 2015, compared to the year to March 2014.
PMQs: Questions about Britain's youngest suicide bomber draw tasteless gag from George Osborne
Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn gave a calm and assured performance at the dispatch box for Labour.
Stefan Stern: Money to be made in the 'age of digital' as Accenture and McKinsey lead the charge
In 2010, Osborne spoke of not using management consultants but quickly realised they were a necessity.
William Keegan: Smug George Osborne must combat balance of payments deficit to halt UK woes
Something was needed to wipe the smug smile off Chancellor George Osborne's face.
Market roundup: RBS sell-off props up FTSE weighed down by Greek woes
Market roundup: RBS sale props up FTSE dragged down by Greek woes
UK petrol prices: Anger mounts at fears George Osborne will renege on fuel duty freeze promise
Thousands of motorists and campaigners have written to their MPs over the issue.