Chancellor George Osborne has used his first major speech after a summer of world economic turmoil to insist there will be no changes to economic policy, despite fears of a do

Shadow chancellor George Osborne is to set out a "comprehensive plan for economic responsibility" when he addresses the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham today.

Just released from the Shadow Chancellor's office:"George Osborne has met Oleg Deripaska on five occasions, four of which happened over a weekend in Corfu in August. On Saturday January 26th 2008 at the Davos World Economic Forum, Mr Osborne was...

David Smith is economics editor at the Sunday Times and today he writes of George Osborne: Every day, sometimes on several occasions, an e-mail arrives in my inbox on behalf of George Osborne, the Conservative shadow chancellor. Issued in response to a minor economic indicator or flaky forecast, these missives, apart from rather demeaning the office of

1.10pm Shadow Chancellor George Osborne reacted by saying that the cut was "an indication of how serious an economic situation we are in" and that it was confirmation that we are in a "deep an economic hole" and "ill-prepared for...

The Conservatives have published their economic policies just ahead of a speech by shadow chancellor George Osborne to the party conference in Birmingham.

by Ken Livingstone Never mind the masochism - economic recovery requires growth, and it’s banks’ refusal to invest that’s the real issue George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, delivered an economically illiterate, and fear-mongering, rant to the Tory conference claiming that Britain is drowning in a sea of debt. As veteran economic commentator Samuel Brittan pointed out last

The shadow chancellor lists reforms needed for a new economic model In a move that could potentially disillusion the Conservatives' traditional supporters, George Osborne fired a warning shot at the City today, urging banks against making big bonus payouts. The shadow chancellor set out three areas for a new economic model for Britain as he said it would be a "huge mistake" if banks paid larg...

George Osborne must have changed breakfast cereals, or something, because he's suddenly a different man.  After the Tories muddied their economic message to the point of abstraction a few weeks ago, there's now a new clarity and directness about the shadow chancellor's languange.  Exhibit A was his article in the FT last week.  And Exhibit B comes in the form of his a...

The Leader's speech is always the highlight of Conservative Party Conference but the most important performance will be given by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne. As recently as the Spring Forum in Gateshead, George Osborne was clinging closely to Labour economic...