Not long ago, our Chancellor George Osborne was talking tough on the banks that caused the financial crisis. Osborne will naturally expect his comments to be remembered now that, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he can do something about it.

Gideon George Oliver Osborne, at present Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer [Photo by Simon Scarpa, reproduced under the GNU Free Documentation Licence] With the possible exception of David Cameron and the Conservative Praetorian Guard, everyone, I am sure, is much enjoying the current discomfiture of Gideon George Oliver Osborne, the beleaguered Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, who appears to ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, was at the meeting in Brussels - and on the way back to London he spoke to our Political Editor Nick Robinson.

Alistair Darling MP, Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer, said in response to George Osborne's National Insurance Contributions proposals today: "This would derail the recovery this year, undermine deficit reduction, and put public services at risk. George Osborne has panicked and is making policy up on the hoof. "What George Osborne announced today will put families, their public servi...

THE countdown to "austerity day" began yesterday as new Chancellor George Osborne revealed an emergency Budget will be published on 22 June.

The proposed cuts in public spending set out by the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne are likely to be just the first small step towards the biggest and most painful fiscal squeeze seen for at least a generation.

Lionel Barber, George Parker and Chris Giles of the Financial Times talk to the chancellor of the exchequer

Will George Osborne be the next Chancellor of the Exchequer? With all the talk swirling around George Osborne’s ‘breach of convention’ by commenting on the sharp decline of the pound against the dollar and euro, and what appears to be a co-ordinated campaign led by the Telegraph newspaper to see him moved, I decided to check

George Osborne is to temporarily give up his party political duties to focus on being shadow chancellor.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne launched a searing attack on Labour today for leaving Britain's armed forces dangerously outdated.