Gary Gibbon
Osborne benefits freeze: political genius or death wish?
Senior Tories say they’ve road-tested today’s announcement to death. There is strong voter support; it has gone down “extremely well” in the focus groups.
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Cameron and Osborne give the green light to develop ‘HS3’
The government backs proposals for a high speed rail link across some of the biggest cities in the north of England.
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Gary Gibbon
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FactCheck: How great is Osborne’s Britain?
Britain’s economy is a world-beating powerhouse, according to the chancellor. Are we really outpacing every major advanced economy on the planet?
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Gary Gibbon
Osborne marks GDP moment
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.
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Sun out for Osborne as UK economy emerges from downturn
The UK economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the second quarter and has now recovered the ground lost since the downturn began in 2008, according to official figures released this morning.
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George Osborne: ‘The job isn’t done’
Despite rising growth in the economy, Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News Britain needs to invest, manufacture and build more.
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Channel 4 News
George Osborne’s fight for ‘full employment’
George Osborne today set himself a new commitment: to “fight for full employment in Britain”, Gary Gibbon reports.
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Budget 2014: what to expect from George Osborne
Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his fifth budget on Wednesday. It is bound to include measures that could not have been predicted, but here is what we can expect.
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Budget 2014: a 360 degree look a George Osborne’s world
George Osborne is under the focus of the media lens like never before today. Check out our interactive 360 degree photograph of him as he prepares to give his budget to parliament.
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George Osborne unveils 15,000-home garden city
A new garden city is to be built in Ebsfleet in the Thames estuary, and the government’s help to buy scheme is to be extended until the end of the decade, Chancellor George Osborne announces.
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Salmond: Osborne’s independence ‘diktat has backfired’
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond says George Osborne’s “diktat”, rejecting a currency union with an independent Scotland, has backfired north of the border.
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Osborne to Scotland: sharing pound ‘not going to happen’
Chancellor George Osborne says he would not sign up to a currency union with an independent Scotland, saying such a deal would “not work” and was “not going to happen”.
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Faisal Islam
Playing ‘long-term plan’ bingo with George Osborne
If you believe that the government’s policies contributed to further imbalances, it might appear a little cheeky to argue: “Vote for me and I will rebalance the economy I further imbalanced.”
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Osborne: ‘I’m the first to say the job is not done’
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News that positive growth figures show the government’s long-term economic plan is working, but there is still more to do.
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Gary Gibbon
Osborne minimum wage spoiler for Ed Miliband speech
The dance of the minimum wage veil continues as Chancellor George Osborne blasts a fanfare for a 70p hike in the minimum wage.
