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Jeremy Corbyn handed boost as Labour edges Conservatives in latest poll
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party inches ahead of the Tories in YouGov's post-Budget poll.
Budget 2016: Nicky Morgan under fire as she defends government disability cuts on Question Time
Osborne under fire for reducing corporation tax at the same time while cutting disability benefits.
Cameron secures EU deal to axe the 'tampon tax'
'We've achieved what no British government has even tried to achieve,' said George Osborne.
Budget 2016: What it means for housing and property in the UK
George Osborne unveils important changes including stamp duty reform and crackdown on tax avoiding developers.
Budget 2016: Cuts to disability benefits are 'breaking human rights laws'
Amputee Kate Walsh says George Osborne is violating her Human Rights with latest cuts to PIP.
Sugar tax: IFS delivers bitter takedown of George Osborne's surprise levy on soft drinks
Chancellor's sin tax started to dissolve under scrutiny from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Budget 2016: HMRC targets 100 property developments in offshore tax avoidance crackdown
George Osborne unveiled new anti-avoidance task force for offshore property developers in UK.
Bank of England keeps interest rates at record low of 0.5%, citing slowdown in emerging markets
The MPC voted unanimously against a rate hike and underlined the low inflation, far from its 2% target.
John McDonnell: George Osborne has failed on economic targets and lost credibility
Labour's Shadow Chancellor picks holes in George Osborne's missed Budget targets.
George Osborne interrogated about "distracting" sugar tax on Good Morning Britain
Chancellor confident Budget plans will benefit disabled people.
Budget 2016: Cutting Corporation Tax to 17% is good news
This was neither a good nor bad budget - but that is one of the most distorted and unproductive taxes.
Budget 2016: How George Osborne's sugar tax on fizzy drinks will work
IBTimes UK takes you through the new levy on soft drinks and explains why Jamie Oliver is ecstatic.
Market round-up: Osborne's Budget sends shares soaring but sugar tax weighs fizzy stocks
Footsie investor considered the economic policies set out by the Chancellor to be positive for businesses.
Budget 2016: George Osborne promises tax avoidance crackdown on offshore property developers
HMRC will set up dedicated task force focused on targeting property developers who dodge UK tax.
Budget 2016 highlights: From sugar tax surprise to Lifetime ISAs, George Osborne looks to next generation
IBTimes UK takes you through the key economic measures outlined in the chancellor's major speech.
Budget 2016: Experts mixed on George Osborne's policies
Osborne managed to pull some rabbits out of a hat on the dispatch box, this is what the experts said.
Budget 2016: George Osborne trumpets HS3, Crossrail 2 and upgrades 'Northern Powerhouse' roadmap
Chancellor said more than £230m was earmarked for road improvements, including delivery of a four-lane M62.
Budget 2016: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attacks Osborne's 'budget of failures'
The left-winger also attacked George Osborne's record as chancellor in his response to the Budget.
Budget 2016: Sugar tax, drinkers and smokers - winners and losers of George Osborne's speech
Who came out on top in George Osborne's Spring Budget 2016, which announced a sugar tax?
Budget 2016: Landlords furious at George Osborne's 'outright assault' on buy-to-let
Higher stamp duty and Capital Gains Tax sparks anger among property industry.
Budget 2016: George Osborne throws well-off millennials a bone with Lifetime ISAs
Critics have said that Osborne's effort to help with savings can only work if young people have money to save.
Budget 2016: George Osborne in 'out of the blue stamp duty raid' on commercial property
Chancellor commercial property stamp duty system so it is the same as residential.
Budget 2016: Beer and fuel duty frozen as minimum tax threshold rises to £11,500
George Osborne resisted calls to raise fuel duty.
Budget 2016: Sugar tax crusader Jamie Oliver jubilant as soft drinks companies lose their fizz
Soft drinks producers will face sugar levy on sugary drinks from 2018 as Osborne moves to tackle child obesity.
Budget 2016: George Osborne pledges to raise £9bn in crackdown on internet retailers avoiding VAT
Chancellor also announced that he was slashing business rates for small companies.
Budget 2016: Why is Government turning schools into academies with no evidence they work?
According to a 2014 study, low performing primaries which converted to academies improved at a slower rate.
Budget 2016: Everything you need to know in 80 seconds
IBTimes UK explains what you really need to know about the Budget 2016.
Budget 2016: George Osborne extends buy-to-let stamp duty hike to large-scale purchases
Those buying over 15 properties had been exempt from extra tax under original plans.
Budget 2016: Billions more in spending cuts in George Osborne's Budget as UK outlook weakens
Chancellor says UK on course to close deficit and produce surplus by 2019-20 fiscal year.
Budget 2016: UK GDP growth revised down to 2% in 2016 and 2.2% in 2017
The UK economy will grow less than expected in 2016 and 2017, George Osborne said in his Budget speech.