Autumn Statement 2014

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• Osborne reveals stamp duty reforms

  George Osborne announces changes to stamp duty which he says will benefit 98% of homebuyers in his Autumn Statement to MPs.

• Government borrowing forecast raised

  The government is expected to have to borrow more money this year than had previously been predicted, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

• Tax move on banks and multinationals

  A crackdown on tax breaks for banks and tax avoidance by multinational firms will raise about £5bn, the chancellor announces in the Autumn Statement.

• Osborne's targets in tatters - Balls

  George Osborne's promise to balance the nation's book in this Parliament is "in tatters", shadow chancellor Ed Balls says in his response to the Autumn Statement.

• Isas to be passed on tax-free

• Driverless car UK test cities named

• Tax help for search and rescue

• Manchester to get new £78m theatre

• Small businesses support extended

• Osborne: UK lead role in Mars mission

• Postgraduate student £10,000 loans

• New trains for northern rail routes

• Air duty abolished for under-12s

• Fuel duty to remain frozen until 2015

• New North Sea tax measures outlined

• Bus chief in devolution warning

• Funding pledge on eating disorders

• SF in corporation tax 'Tory' warning

• Flood schemes to protect 300,000 homes

• Bicester revealed as new garden city

• £15bn 'roads revolution' outlined