Public spending set to reach 50% of national income as Darling plans years of tax hikes

British house prices decline 12.3%

Alistair Darling poised to slash spending and raise taxes in Budget

Anarchy in Streets Builds When GDP Isn’t Shared: William Pesek

US inflation goes negative for first time in 54 years

Shop prices soar as pound pushes up food costs

Graphic: how dividends are changing

More companies cut payouts as slowdown hits

National debt burden borne by fewer shoulders

Production cost of North Sea oil and gas doubles

Lobby group hopes Chancellor will lift tax burden hanging over North Sea oil and gas industry

TUESDAY VIEW: Tax - Stop squeezing every last drop from our pubs

Brown may freeze the minimum wage to 'help firms save jobs'

Give us a 10% rise, demand teachers (who already want a 4-day week and seem blissfully ignorant of recession)

Surge in state handouts for credit crunch Poles pushed out of jobs and into UK benefits system

Surge in white collar applicants for seasonal jobs as Britons compete with migrants for unskilled work

The G20 moves the world a step closer to a global currency

Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis

Number of grown-up children returning to live with parents triples amid recession

Investors running scared from sterling

Doubt over second wave of quantitative easing

Richard Thaler: Celebrated economist wins vote of politicians

Britain must start making things again

Singapore's economy contracts 20pc in first quarter