Chancellor's policy to attract R&D to Britain seen as 'anti-European' by Germany, and poorly targeted by other nations
Osborne's patent box tax breaks offer incentives for companies to locate research in Britain. Photograph: David Burton/Alamy
George Osborne's
determination to retain controversial tax incentives offered to
businesses with lucrative patents is expected to leave Britain out on a
limb when G20 finance ministers meet in Australia at the weekend... (Read more)