Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, made a formal complaint to the British Government over George Osborne's joke about his height.

I must admit I am baffled as to why David Cameron has chosen now as the moment to reopen the question of under what circumstances he would move George Osborne from his job as shadow Chancellor. The Times reports that Cameron says in his interview with Sir Trevor McDonald that he has talked to Osborne “a number of times” about moving him. This isn’t the first time that Cameron has...

David Cameron has said that his friendship with George Osborne would not stop him sacking the shadow chancellor if he had to.

Three weeks ago, James’ argued that the Tories’ incoherence emanated from their disjointed campaign management. Steve Hilton, Andy Coulson, George Osborne and George Bridges were not communicating and the stark clarity on the economy and ‘Broken Britain’ was obscured. James urged the Cameroon duma to put its house in order. Cameron heeded some of his advice, but this mornin...

The City’s elopement with New Labour has ended violently. A poll of leading financiers, conducted by City AM, reveals that 73 percent think that a Tory majority would be best for the economy; a mere 10 percent support Labour. But the City has little enthusiasm for George Osborne: 23 percent neleiev he has the mettle to be Chancellor, 13 percent behind Ken Clarke. So where is it going wrong f...

A few questions. Who would be a better and more reassuring candidate for Chancellor? George Osborne or Ken Clarke? Who would be a more impressive candidate for Chief Secretary and the control of public spending? Philip Hammond or John Redwood?...

If you had a fiver for every time a Tory speaker today has said ‘five more years of Gordon Brown’ you would soon be rich enough to start worrying about the 50p tax rate. All the speakers in the economy debate stressed how the country ‘cannot afford five more years of Gordon Brown.’ George Osborne talked about how the Tories had to win three battles---the battles over the pa...

George Osborne saved the 2007 Tory conference with a tax cut. He’s recalling that mood today, elaborating on the plans to cut corporation tax which – as James detailed a while ago – will be the backbone of his first budget. Now, you may think: we know all this. Osborne has said he’d cut corporation tax from 28p to 25p and cutting the small companies rate to 20p. He had prom...

GEORGE Osborne appealed to voters to put their trust in the Tories today – asking whether they really wanted another five years of Gordon Brown.

The shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, could be in charge of the British economy in just over two months. So it is well worth looking at what he stands for. Last Sunday he came up with the stunning idea   “to sell shares in the nationalised banks to ordinary Britons at a discount in order to reward them for