GEORGE Osborne yesterday logged on with the Facebook generation when he launched his new website asking the public for suggestions on where the axe ought to be wielded when he

George Osborne the shadow chancellor has accused the Government of "the greatest failure in public policy for a generation" in its management of the economy.

Senior civil servants could be sacked for wasting public money, under plans to improve the quality of public spending unveiled by the Tories today. George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, said that a Conservative administration would write a new "fiduciary responsibility" into Whitehall mandarins' employment contracts requiring them to manage taxpayers' money wisely. In a speech, he said ...

George Osborne drew on an unlikely source of inspiration as he finalised plans for the most radical public spending cuts for a generation this summer, it has emerged.

Telegraph View: In a speech on public spending to the Institute of Chartered Accountants George Osborne the shadow chancellor is calling for a new culture of 'fiscal discipline' in Whitehall.

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.

George Osborne has insisted he will stick to his £81bn plan to cut public spending even if Britain's economy starts to stutter, arguing that the Bank of England could ease monetary policy if the recovery needs new impetus

George Osborne has an historic opportunity to begin to turn the UK's public finances back into the black. As Reform noted in an alternative budget released last week, while this will require making the toughest spending choices for a generation, history will smile on him if he does this in the right way. What the right way is will largely reflect three key things. First, George Osborne's...

The public will be asked where best to make "once in a generation" public spending cuts as the Chancellor sets out plans to MPs on how to tackle Britain's record budget deficit.

Yesterday it was Frank Field; today it is shadow chancellor George Osborne who is warning the public that drastic action will be required in order to deal with the "atrocious" state of the public finances. Mr Osborne has given an...