George Osborne

Chancellor George Osborne's Budget next week runs the risk of being a "dangerous missed opportunity" if he sticks to his guns on austerity, leading economist Roger Bootle (pictured) has said.

The Commission on Banking Standards has told the government its plans to reform the UK's banking sector are not strict enough.

Chancellor George Osborne has ordered the Treasury to draw up plans for a mass give-away of RBS shares to taxpayers by the next election in 2015, according to reports.

British banks that fail to separate their retail banking from their riskier investment banking arms may be forcibly dismantled, Chancellor George Osborne will say later today.

MPs have called on the Chancellor to return to giving just one Budget statement a year.

The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to "take stock" of its austerity programme ahead of the next Budget in March.

A leading thinktank has urged the government to take drastic steps to stimulate economic growth in the UK, as another forecast a 50/50 chance of a triple-dip recession.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Multi-asset managers are exploring alternative low-risk bond investments as they prepare their portfolios for a more constrained fixed income environment in 2013.

As the Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement earlier today, the investment industry and press took to Twitter to give their views on the changes.