Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling has praised the Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates and claimed to be confident that the recession will be "shallower and shorter". Alistair Darling has told banks to pass the ...  

Chancellor Alistair Darling stepped in to protect 10,000 savers' cash as London Scottish Bank collapsed yesterday.  

Chancellor Alistair Darling, visiting Leeds today, told workers to grit their teeth and accept below-inflation pay rises to stop Britain sliding back to the hyperinflation of the 1970s. Click PLAY to listen. Mr Darling used a business forum event in ...  

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling MP is expected to discuss his pre-Budget report when he gives a keynote speech to the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.  

Alistair Darling came under more pressure last night to confirm that he considered raising VAT as high as 20 per cent as the row over the Pre-Budget Report grew.  

The more we learn about the Brown/Darling tax plans, the more they resemble events in that annus horribilis for Labour, 1992. That was the year the party - riding high in the polls - decided to deflect Tory charges of fiscal incompetence by producing ...  

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, arrived at the Politics Show after returning from Washington overnight. He’d been at a meeting of the leaders of the 20 biggest economies in the world. Jon Sopel asked him what, realistically, came out of the ...  

Gordon Brown's vision of hope to vanquish the Tories' "gospel of despair" will be unveiled today.  

Pre-Budget report: 10p tax losers still not fully repaid by Chancellor Alistair Darling The emergency tax cut first introduced to compensate losers from Gordon Brown's 10p tax debacle was made permanent in the ...  

A 13-month reduction in VAT from 17.5% to 15% announced by Chancellor Alistair Darling will come into effect on December 1 and cost the Treasury an estimated 12.5 billion.  

BORROWING will rise to A 78 billion this year and A 118 billion next year, eight per cent of the gross domestic product , but will eventually fall to A 54 billion.  

Revealing his plans to head off a long-lasting recession, Chancellor Alastair Darling said these were exceptional times that required exceptional measures. Does he know he's quoting a man who tried to blow up Parliament? The times we are living in ...  

(London, UK) An autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation has welcomed Chancellor Alistair Darling’s support for the vulnerable in his PRE-BUDGET REPORT. Recently Chancellor Darling announced help for parents, carers, children and adults with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. The Chancellor...  

Alistair Darling's confidence in the long-term strength of the economy is unshaken as he prepares for perhaps the most important statement of his career. Speaking exclusively to Financial Mail before tomorrow's Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor says ...  

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling unveiled a spend today, pay tomorrow mini-budget last night as the government desperately tried to breath life into the ailing UK economy.