Will Osborne back down over HSBC’s bank levy concerns?
The timing of today’s HSBC announcement couldn’t be any more convenient – and there are signs that George Osborne may respond in a way that will please the bank.
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Tough new rules to force governments to run budget surpluses will be brought in, George Osborne announces at his annual Mansion House speech.
The timing of today’s HSBC announcement couldn’t be any more convenient – and there are signs that George Osborne may respond in a way that will please the bank.
Chancellor George Osborne will give cities in England the chance to take control of their own affairs – by giving them devolved powers – but only if they accept an elected mayor.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats claim credit for today’s news of a 2.8 per cent rise in economic output. But Labour is dismissive, saying this is still the slowest recovery in 100 years.
The Conservatives are putting their handling of the economy at the centre of the election battle. But not everything has gone according to plan.
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News his party is committed to the NHS. Does that include the extra £30bn a year for the service by 2020 promised by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt?
George Osborne unveils a new raft of powers for prosecutors and tax authorities to clamp down on wealthy people who use offshore accounts to evade or avoid tax.
Exclusive: as inflation drops to 0.5 per cent, we reveal the contents of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s explanatory letter to the chancellor (as imagined by Paul Mason).
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News voters have a choice between the government’s economic competence and the chaos of the alternatives of higher borrowing and higher taxation.
The facts and figures came thick and fast as the chancellor defended the government’s stewardship of the economy today. Did he pass the FactCheck test?
Had Osborne’s 2010 predictions actually happened, the deficit would be small, the debt falling, and the much vaunted rebalancing of the economy would have taken place.
Tory MPs tell me they suspect the chancellor’s getting all his infrastructure and NHS spending news out of the way early because he’s given up on getting a hearing for good news on Wednesday.
The chancellor insists government negotiators succeeded in halving a £1.7bn bill from the European Union, after criticism from across the political spectrum.
Britain’s economy is a world-beating powerhouse, according to the chancellor. Are we really outpacing every major advanced economy on the planet?
George Osborne’s response to news that Britain has recovered all the ground lost in the recession of 2008-09 speaks volumes of a government that believes it can win the election.