Osborne to EU: no dodging a new treaty
The Conservative party’s problems over EU policy are not confined to the backbenches – it has lots of work to do to persuade other EU nations of the need for a new treaty.
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The Conservative party’s problems over EU policy are not confined to the backbenches – it has lots of work to do to persuade other EU nations of the need for a new treaty.
George Osborne emphasises Tory determination to reform the European Union, saying Europe is at risk of falling behind Asia’s economic titans.
Cracks in the government’s welfare strategy open up after allies of Iain Duncan Smith round on George Osborne for announcing a further £12bn in benefit cuts.
George Osborne said he wanted to warn about “a dangerous new complacency” that he’d sensed on the economy. Privately, he and others at the top of the Tory party think they may have contributed to this.
Chancellor George Osborne reinforces his plans for lower spending – and warns that only further austerity measures can pay for tax cuts and better job prospects.
Nick Clegg criticises George Osborne’s plans to fix the British economy with deep cuts to the welfare budget, saying the chancellor is heaping the burden on those with the “narrowest shoulders”.
The chancellor had his revised growth updates to wave at Labour today but the cost of living indicators which Ed Miliband has got him looking at are a little bit more precarious.
The chancellor says he is scrapping employers’ national insurance contribution for under 21s from April 2015 and insists his austerity measures are working, but says the hard work is not over yet.
Autumn statement: George Osborne announces the widely anticipated raising of the state pension age.
Chancellor George Osborne visits one of Britain’s last pits and promises to restore an allowance to hundreds of miners who lost their jobs in the summer.
Today’s GDP numbers are not the highest under George Osborne’s chancellorship. But they offer the possibility that confidence and investment will trigger a virtuous spiral in the Uk economy.
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News “there is real momentum in the economy” following the publication of official figures showing that growth is rising at its fastest rate for three years.
China’s banks will be able to set up branches in Britain under an agreement reached by Chancellor George Osborne during a visit to Beijing.
The government has played down warnings that the Chinese telecoms giant could pose a threat to Britain’s cyber-security.
The chancellor is hoping to “change British attitudes” to China and is calling for more respect to be shown to the way the country is developing.