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- Roads, rail top targets as government seeks economy boost through infrastructure
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The government promised on Thursday to upgrade roads and carry out what it said was the biggest rail investment in more than 100 years in a strategy to get the economy growing while keeping spending tight. A day after Chancellor George Osborne announced the latest round of budget cuts, his deputy, Danny Alexander, detailed 100 billion pounds in capital ...
June 27, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - More spending cuts for Britain, but austerity pill is sugared
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne unveiled spending cuts on Wednesday to try to tame the country's big public deficit, but promised to reinvest some of the money saved to counter criticism of excessive austerity. In a speech to parliament, interrupted by jibes from opposition Labour party MPs, Osborne spelled out 11.5 billion pounds in cuts for the 2015/16 fiscal year ...
June 26, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Britain takes knife to 2015 public spending to tame deficit
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister George Osborne will unveil on Wednesday his plans for another round of government spending cuts as he tries to keep his deficit-reduction ...
June 26, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance