TORY councillor Jason Rust has met shadow chancellor George Osborne, as part of his bid to take the Edinburgh South West Westminster seat from Chancellor Alistair Darling.

As Chancellor George Osborne confirmed fares will rise by 6% in London next year, Ken Livingstone said: "What Londoners need is a fares cut, and a commitment to hold down the fares - not George Osborne and Boris Johnson confirming yet another big fare increase. "Today's announcement by the Tory Mayor and Tory Chancellor means rising travelcard costs and no end in sight for farepayers. "George...

THE pressure on shadow chancellor George Osborne eased yesterday after Westminster's sleaze watchdog refused to investigate his links with a Russian oligarch.

The FT’s excellent Westminster Blog is getting rather excited by a leaked version of the Tory conference agenda which has the session on the economy featuring an ‘appearance by “Hammond and Osborne”. (Or perhaps, it is just entering into the spirit of the silly season) Jim Pickard connects this to the speculation that Osborne might not end up as Chancellor after all. But I ...

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

George Osborne's statement on banking regulation was not as sexy as some frivolous people at Westminster had hoped: rumours that the Chancellor was going to throw a "tarts and Vickers" party turned out to be mistaken.

Council tax would be frozen for the first two years of a Conservative government Shadow Chancellor George Osborne promised the Tory party conference in Birmingham.

CHANCELLOR George Osborne ruled out unfunded tax cuts or increases in public spending today, warning: "You can't borrow your way out of debt."

Conservative statement on Russian oligarch funding row by George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, and Andrew Feldman, the Tory fundraiser

Today is has been reported that Battersea power station developers have gone into receivership, just one day after Tory Mayor Boris Johnson and Tory Chancellor George Osborne posed in hard hats and promised Londoners that this company would deliver an extension of the Northern Line. Ken Livingstone said; "Just two days ago George Osborne and Boris Johnson promised Londoners two new tube stations i...