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George Osborne MP is the Chancellor of the Exchequer under the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition government.
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David Cameron and George Osborne cool on Nick Clegg's bank share plan
David Cameron and George Osborne have given a cool reception to Nick Clegg’s plan to hand shares in the nationalised banks to all Britons.
24 Jun 2011
Euro crisis: Greece will not be allowed to fail
Telegraph View: The country should never have been admitted to the eurozone, but now its partners must pick up the pieces.
20 Jun 2011
Boris Johnson: let Greece go bankrupt and leave the euro
Exclusive: Britain should refuse to contribute to a second bail-out of Greece and the country should be allowed to default on its debts and leave the euro, Boris Johnson says.
19 Jun 2011
The greatest gift to the Greeks might be to let them go it alone
Bail-outs and austerity measures are only making the country’s burden harder to bear, writes Boris Johnson.
19 Jun 2011
George Osborne celebrates his 40th birthday in style at Dorneywood
As George Osborne holds a birthday party at Dorneywood, it is disclosed that the repair and decoration bill for the grace-and-favour residence has almost tripled.
19 Jun 2011
George Osborne plots £7bn pensions raid
Chancellor considering raid on middle-class pensions perks including axing tax relief on contributions for top rate taxpayers.
18 Jun 2011
How the realists eclipsed the radicals inside Downing Street
Is Osborne actually running things at Number 10? Will Steve Hilton go? Tim Montgomerie lays bare the tensions at the heart of No 10.
18 Jun 2011
George Osborne's nimble footwork sees banking power move from ICB to Treasury
The Chancellor will decide on how the UK's banks are split up - no one else
18 Jun 2011
Ed Balls calls for £13 billion VAT cut to 'kick-start' economy
Ed Balls has called for an emergency tax cut - urging the Government to reduce VAT temporarily to “kick-start” economic recovery.
16 Jun 2011
Cameron: tax cuts would make situation worse
David Cameron dismisses calls from Ed Balls for tax cuts, saying they would worsen the economic problems faced by Britain.
16 Jun 2011
Ed Balls calls for emergency tax cut 'to save economy'
Shadow chancellor says George Osborne is risking permanent damage to economy and urges VAT cut to "kick-start" recovery.
16 Jun 2011
George Osborne makes Mansion House speech
The Chancellor of the Exchequer confirms that UK banks will have to "ringfence" retail banking units to insulate them from investment banking problems.
15 Jun 2011
Will Osborne put an end to bail-outs?
Chancellor hopes to protect taxpayers’ money by ring-fencing retail banking. It’s a flawed plan, says Jeremy Warner.
15 Jun 2011
The penance of the bankers needs to end
Telegraph View: The Government must avoid an over-reaction that would harm the competitiveness of the country’s most profitable sector.
15 Jun 2011
George Osborne's bank 'ring-fencing' proposals come under fire
Former Treasury Spokesman Lord Oakeshott, Director of the Taxpayers' Alliance Matthew Sinclair and IG Index's Will Heddon discuss one of the announcements expected to feature in George Osborne's Mansion House speech.
15 Jun 2011
Bank shares drop over ring-fence plans
Markets digest reports that Chancellor George Osborne's Mansion House speech will back the ring-fencing of retail banks.
15 Jun 2011
George Osborne to support the 'ring-fencing' of UK retail banks
Shares in Britain's banks face a day of volatile trading as market digests the implication of today's Mansion House speech by George Osborne in which he will back plans to force lenders to "ring-fence" their retail banks.
15 Jun 2011
Labour spending: George Osborne was right not to have a budget Plan B, says Alistair Darling
Alistair Darling, the former Labour chancellor, has rejected Ed Balls’s suggestion that the Coalition should have a “Plan B” for economic policy.
11 Jun 2011
Cut taxes to boost economy, IMF tells George Osborne
International Monetary Fund says the Chancellor should reduce taxes rather than relax austerity spending cuts if Britain's economy continues to struggle.
06 Jun 2011
Plan A gets IMF seal of approval
Telegraph View: the Chancellor has got the deficit reduction right, but needs to deliver a more aggressive growth strategy.
06 Jun 2011
Is David Cameron the most Europhile prime minister since Edward Heath?
Cameron, Hague and Osborne remain Eurosceptic in their hearts - but their actions reveal a conviction that other things matter more, says Peter Oborne.
04 Jun 2011
The view from the Tory grassroots
Tim Montgomerie reveals what Conservative Party members really think of David Cameron and his Cabinet.
04 Jun 2011
Mr Osborne needs a bolder plan for growth
Telegraph View: A more aggressive growth strategy would lift consumers' spirits and boost business confidence.
30 May 2011
How are the Coalition fixing the economy?
Tim Montgomerie looks at whether the Government's plan to pull Britain out of debt is working.
28 May 2011
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