Bloomberg U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will use the budget he unveils on Wednesday to announce a crackdown on the use of personal-service companies to avoid taxes. The measures will require people hired off-payroll to pay employment taxes that are due, according to a government official briefed on the matter who declined to be identified in line with …

Paris / Bloomberg French President Francois Hollande hosted a dozen EU social democrat leaders who called for a relaunch of the European project to stop the growth of the far-right. Those attending the informal gathering included Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who, representing the radical leftist Syriza party, was granted …

London / AFP A German-born lawmaker is taking over as head of one of the main campaigns pressing for Britain to leave the European Union, the group announced on Sunday. Gisela Stuart, an MP with the main opposition Labour Party, will take over from 1980s finance minister Nigel Lawson as the chair of Vote Leave. Meanwhile influential London Mayor Boris …