Council tax bills would be frozen for two years if the Tories win the next election, the shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, said yesterday.

A Conservative government could make "significant" cuts in the rate of corporation tax Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has said.

Council tax would be frozen for the first two years of a Conservative government George Osborne pledged today.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne delighted the conference yesterday with the promise that he would introduce a two-year freeze on council tax in England, repeating the political trick that helped the SNP win power in Scotland last year.

Shadow chancellor George Osborne says the next Tory government will freeze council tax for their first two years in office.

A MOVE to slash corporation tax was the headline measure in the first major speech by George Osborne since he was made Chancellor.

You will have received your Council Tax bill by now, showing another inflation-busting increase. Well, we tried. The only part of our bill set by a Conservative, that of the GLA precept, was frozen by Boris. George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor has pledged to give council's enough money to freeze council tax if they can peg their increases to less than 2.5%. This is a fair partnership between na...

The Shadow Chancellor George Osborne today announced that a future Tory Government will enable town halls to freeze council tax for two years.

The Shadow Chancellor George Osborne today announced that a future Tory Government will enable town halls to freeze council tax for two years.

Shadow chancellor George Osborne yesterday signalled support for some reductions in public spending to finance tax cuts. It came as Alistair Darling continued to stoke speculation that there will be limited tax cuts before Christmas as a result of measures to be announced in the pre-budget report next Monday. Speaking yesterday after the G20 meeting in Washington, the chancellor said the economy n...