Danny Alexander

THE TAXMAN has released a consultation document, setting out plans to compel senior members of organisations to be paid on-staff, rather than engaged through personal service companies, potentially allowing them to save on tax and national insurance contributions. Read More

MPs on the committee found that R&C's dedicated compliance and enforcement programme had achieved a 'substantial' £4.32bn increase in tax revenue over five years, an 'impressive return' on the £387m investment. Read More

The government has tightened the rules on how public servants can be paid after a review revealed more than 2,400 employees were paid via a loophole that could slash the amount of tax they paid. Read More

At the core of Charles Dicken's novel Bleak House is a long running legal case that has dragged on for generations. Read More

More than 2,000 senior public officials benefit from controversial pay deals that allow them to slash personal tax bills, an official review has revealed. Read More

Government departments are being ordered to set aside billions of pounds in "rainy day" funds as part of moves to tighten financial management. Read More

The pound climbed toward the strongest level in more than 19 months against the euro as U.K. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander prepared to set out tougher spending rules for government departments. Read More

Treasury Minister Danny Alexander will set out new rules on Monday to push ministries to tighten their grip on spending at a time of deep public cuts aimed at wiping out the country's huge budget deficit within five years. Read More

The general election may be three years off but tucked away in George Osborne's Budget, in annexe A, were clues to the chancellor's grand strategy to win the election: a political barrage against Labour on fiscal ­discipline. Read More