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News Burst: Brown's high-tech scheme

...moves to strengthen UK investment in high-tech companies, according to his pre-Budget report Tuesday. The report, which aims to promote "enterprise for all... Read more

10 November, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

Analysts attack Darling's pre-budget report

...and analysts have criticised chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling's Monday pre-budget report, which included a 2.5 percent VAT cut, from 1... Read more

25 November, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Darling announces IT spending cuts of £500m

...a £5bn package of cuts. As part of the presentation of the pre-budget report, Alistair Darling announced that IT projects will be among areas... Read more

10 December, 2009 by Kable

Tech industry cheers government's R&D progress

...s best place to carry out research and development. In his latest pre-budget report, delivered on Thursday afternoon, the chancellor vowed to re-examine... Read more

3 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Tax breaks expected for high-tech sector

...benefit from a tax break with the release of the government's pre-budget report (PBR) on Tuesday. Gordon Brown is expected to unveil new... Read more

26 November, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Gov't to cut £500m in IT spending

...that this confirmed a statement made in December with the chancellor's pre-budget report Read more

25 March, 2010 by Kable

Gov't appoints tech tsar to cut IT costs

...sector spending that will produce an interim report for this autumn's pre-Budget report. Read said he wants to help the government catch up... Read more

24 June, 2008 by Nick Heath

MPs savage taxman's IT farce

...for improvement the government announced in May last year and in the pre-budget report in December. As a result there is greater certainty for... Read more

31 January, 2006 by Kable

Scale of online tax credit fraud revealed

...national insurance number. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said in his pre-Budget report at the end of 2005 that new anti-fraud measures... Read more

17 January, 2006 by Andy McCue

R&D tax credit to be reformed

...for the credit. The chancellor, Gordon Brown, announced the change in his pre-Budget report, delivered to the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon. "I... Read more

11 December, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Laptop fund for four-year olds

...be made from the £5m earmarked for eLearning projects in October's pre-budget report. Blunkett has offered his support for the national body, saying... Read more

28 February, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Budget to promote e-business

...breaks on share options even beyond the package announced in November's pre-budget report. Share options have become a popular way for small, growing... Read more

21 March, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Deep NHS IT cuts could hurt frontline healthcare, doctors warn

...IT projects could be in line for cutbacks following this week's pre-budget report. Chancellor Alistair Darling told The Andrew Marr Show yesterday that... Read more

7 December, 2009 by Nick Heath

Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs

...sector spending that will produce an interim report for this Autumn's pre-Budget report. Read said he wants to help the government catch up... Read more

23 June, 2008 by Nick Heath

Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings

...of more than £20bn in annual efficiency savings in this week's Pre-Budget report and Comprehensive Spending Review Read more

11 October, 2007 by Andy McCue

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