Since the start of the year, one phrase has tripped off the lips of European leaders more than any other: "jobs and growth". After two years of debt crisis and budget austerity, there is a strong desire to shift the narrative on. More »

The renewed debate over Scotland's place in the Union should trigger a review of its share of taxpayer's money, Conservative MPs have said.

Council tax payers in England are losing out on billions of pounds of money for public services because of the unfair way Scotland's funding arrangements are calculated, it has been claimed.

Baffling funding formulas mean some councils are missing out on cash while others receive double the amount they need, said a Commons committee.

Where goods and services are similar, the different formulas make little difference but where items are hard to define, the RPI formula puts inflation higher

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British fish friers are reheating EU debate and fighting for a fairer VAT formula for fish and chips.

The joys of Chinese grey market financing: A Chinese baby-formula maker selling imported Australian milk to safety-conscious parents invested in the risky debt of lead, arsenic and cadmium refiners, seeking higher returns for its cash. This was through the various...

I see Jeffrey Cuthbert AM for Caerphilly as put pen to paper in his latest attack on me in the Rhymney Valley Express. Well Mr Cuthbert if you didn't know what your top Labour leaders are saying, how out of touch are you. Alistair Darling MP has said Labour cuts would be 10% less than the Con/Dems. Ed Balls have said there is no need to re-look at the Barnett Formula and Ed "the red flag" Mil...

Proposals to increase Scotland's tax-raising powers were not devised with any "magic formula", the man behind a major review of devolution says.