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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The government backs proposals for a high speed rail link across some of the biggest cities in the north of England.
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.
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.
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.
Despite rising growth in the economy, Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News Britain needs to invest, manufacture and build more.
George Osborne today set himself a new commitment: to “fight for full employment in Britain”, Gary Gibbon reports.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.”
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.
The dance of the minimum wage veil continues as Chancellor George Osborne blasts a fanfare for a 70p hike in the minimum wage.