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New Conservative cabinet is dominated by familiar faces after reshuffle
New UK cabinet contains many of the same faces as the previous Coalition cabinet.
David Cameron finalising all-Conservative cabinet in post-election reshuffle
Prime Minister already announced four key ministers will remain in their roles, following the shock election results.
David Cameron reappoints 4 main cabinet members: George Osborne and Theresa May retain roles
George Osborne, Theresa May, Michael Fallon and Phillip Edmund all return to their government roles.
Election 2015: Greens plan to 'boldly' double child benefit to £40 a week
The pledge comes as the data shows the Greens have slumped to 5% in the opinion polls.
Election 2015: Tories take hit as UK economic growth slows ahead of 7 May
The ONS says Britain's GDP dropped to 0.3% in the first financial quarter of 2015.
Election 2015: Small businesses urge Britain to let Conservatives 'finish what they started'
A letter signed by more than 5,000 firms has backed David Cameron to remain in power
Government raises a further £500m in latest Lloyds share sale
Some 742 million shares were sold by the government on 23 April.
Stephen Foster: David Cameron, George Osborne and the wobbling Tories lack a worthwhile USP
Labour has been ahead in the polls despite not hiring a big ticket ad agency like the Tories.
Election 2015: Conservatives pledge to sell £4bn of cut-price Lloyds shares to investors
Cameron plans to sell £4bn of shares in rescued bank at below-market prices
IMF boss Christine Lagarde pleased with UK's economic progress
Lagarde says that the UK's economic strategy is 'clearly delivering results'.
Election 2015: David Cameron boosted on economy as unemployment drops to 5.6%
The ONS says the employment rate climbed to the highest rate since records began in 1971.
In blow to George Osborne, International Monetary Fund says Britain will still be in deficit in 2020
IMF says government spending is likely to be higher over the next five years than implied in the chancellor's Budget.
Election 2015: Fantasy tax avoidance crackdowns are a fig leaf for unfunded manifesto pledges
Labour, Tories and others use tax avoidance crackdowns as cheap and lazy way of funding manifestos.
William Keegan: General election madhouse economics – austerity, deficits, and basket cases
There is an air of desperation about the Labour and Conservative parties
George Osborne fails to show how Tories would meet their flagship £8bn NHS pledge
The Conservative chancellor repeatedly refused to explain the maths on BBC's Andrew Marr show.
Tories in £8bn a year NHS pledge if they win elections
Conservative party pledges to pump an extra £8bn a year for the NHS in England by 2020 if they win the UK general election
Election 2015: Ed Miliband must handle non-doms with care - we can't afford to lose them
Non-doms already pay over £8bn a year in tax, and Labour's non-dom plans may lead to aggressive avoidance strategies.
Cameron pledges to raise income tax threshold to £12,500
Cameron promises to raise the tax allowance to £12,500, and freeze income tax, VAT, National Insurance
Ed Balls warns of 'secret Tory plan' to raise VAT and cut taxes for millionaires
Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said the Tories plan to raise VAT during his economic
Labour, Tories go head-to-head over economic plans at start of new tax year
Labour and Tories go head-to-head over their respective economic plans as the UK tax year starts.
Bank and Clients lures BoE chief financial accountant Nicole Coll to take up key role
B and C has hired a senior BoE executive to take up the new post of chief of finance and operations.
Labour pledges to use ISA money to build 125,000 new homes in five years
Miliband to announce scheme to build 125,000 new homes over the next five years.
Election 2015: Will UK voters care about The Telegraph's anti-Labour letter from big business bosses?
Business leaders sign letter backing George Osborne and David Cameron's corporation tax cuts.
Tories and George Osborne boosted as UK GDP growth revised up to 2.8% for 2014
The Conservatives have been campaigning heavily on the economy ahead of the general election.
Treasury collects another £500m as it reduces Lloyds stake below 22%
UK took 40% stake in Lloyds when it was bailed out in 2009.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls to promise Labour will not raise VAT from 20% rate
The shadow chancellor will unveil the general election manifesto pledge in a speech in Birmingham.
Dyson donates £12m to set up new Imperial College engineering course
Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London will open to students later this year.
George Osborne, your budget is a pathetic bribe - thankfully the UK public haven't bought it
Osborne's budget was a thinly-veiled attempt to curry favour with the public, and it utterly failed to achieve its objectives.
Nick Clegg: Tories will endanger economy with post-election veer to the right
Clegg went on the attack claiming the Tories will shift priorities and Labour will 'borrow billions more'.
Northern Transport Strategy: George Osborne unveils 'revolutionary' rail and road overhaul
Unions welcomed yet more 'pie in the sky' nonsense from the government on the so called 'Northern Powerhouse'.