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Tax warning over ‘inconceivable’ cuts

Next government likely to put up levies, says think-tank

12:00pm

BoE keeps rates and policy on hold

Decision taken despite concerns economy will shrink in fourth quarter

11:15am

Osborne fights off attacks over 4G

Chancellor rejects claims 4G sale artificially eased deficit

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Rating threat after Autumn Statement

Chancellor admits targets will be missed

11:38pm

Experts see little light on horizon

Academics and business figures question whether Osborne has done enough

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Fiscal watchdog slashes UK forecasts

Dismal economic performance set to last five years

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Why did Osborne miss his target?

Q&A: Chancellor judges himself by different standard to predecessors

From WORLD 7:46pm

Trade deficit prompts call for EM focus

Data fuel fears UK net trade will be negative in fourth quarter

From WORLD 12:00am

Cameron lauds new Tech City investments

University College London invests in ‘Silicon Roundabout’

From WORLD 8:15pm

Forecast 4G sale included in accounts

£3.5bn factored in, although spectrum auction has not even started

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Osborne more Boy George than rapper

Dec 5, 2012

Time stands still for Osborne

Recovery is slower than for any past downturn

Dec 5, 2012

Rating threat over poor UK growth

Weak recovery puts Osborne and coalition under pressure

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Autumn Statement: Winners and losers

Middle-income workers, drivers and companies benefit

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Video: UK’s troubled austerity drive

From PERSONAL FINANCE Dec 5, 2012

Executives caught by lower pensions net

Half of FTSE 250 executives will pay some more tax

Dec 5, 2012

Bond investors braced for more austerity

Fund managers resigned to extended period of low growth

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

No mention of third runway for Heathrow

Relaxation of rules on using both runways

Dec 5, 2012

Services data suggest recovery ‘fizzled out’

Activity falls to lowest level in two years

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Osborne to extend austerity into 2018

Low growth and high borrowing point to bleak Autumn Statement

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