Meeting the Americas Top Story: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Honduras for a meeting of the Organization of American States, where she is facing near-unanimous calls to readmit Cuba and lift the United States' decades-old embargo. Cuba and the United States did agree yesterday to resume talks on migration issues, but Clinton says the United States is not prepared to support Cuba�...

While George Osborne is battling to prevent Britain's economy contracting, it appeared yesterday that his efforts have had the reverse effect on his waistline.

George Osborne the shadow chancellor has said that a Conservative government would replace the Private Finance Initiative for funding big public sector projects.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” So says every child, every morning, in every school in the United States. It seems quaint to us Britons, of course. But then, so does today’s annual celebration of the Puritans, of all people, as heroes of freedom of conscience...

George Osborne must already be feeling a bit sidelined since Ken Clarke made his comeback. But even he must be surprised at how little attention has been paid to his speech this week, with Conservatives proposing a “new banking settlement”. Is Osborne leading the new “Red Tories” strategy that Sunder Katwala has extensively remarked on

Speaking at the Green Building Council this morning, the George Osborne has called on the Government to adopt ten “green” policies in next week’s budget which would make Britain's economy "greener and more productive". Mr Osborne says that none of...

The received wisdom is that Osborne was unwise to tell tales about Peter Mandelson and unleash the whole "Corfu crisis" sequence of events.  I'm not quite so sure. This week has been very uncomfortable for the Conservatives in general and George in particular but it seems clear the George has done nothing wrong.  Brown made himself look stupid and opportunistic when calling for "the authorities

A Conservative government could make "significant" cuts in the rate of corporation tax Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has said.

The Conservatives must get over this need to emphasise George Osborne’s importance at every turn. It sounds forced and has done since before Ken Clarke came back – plus it’s not doing the shadow chancellor any favours. The most recent example was one of William Hague’s answers on Marr this morning. The skeletal presenter had just asked Hague whether he was now deputy leader...

Conservatives today hailed George Osborne's announcement of a freeze on council tax and cheered the shadow chancellor for 'telling the truth' about Gordon Brown