There's a lot of speculation about George Osborne at the moment. Some of it ill-founded. The London Evening Standard reported yesterday that the backbench 1922 Committee was unhappy with the Shadow Chancellor. I understand that that is simply untrue. But...

David Cameron and George Osborne will today attempt to fight off claims they cannot be trusted to run the economy by unveiling a major shake-up of the Treasury's role in the public finances. The Tory leader and shadow Chancellor &# branded as "novices" by Gordon Brown &# will pledge the equivalent of Labour's first act of granting independence for the Bank of England.

David Cameron is sticking with George Osborne wholeheartedly and, in private I hear, defending his friend in very robust terms. What is fascinating is the extent to which the Tory leader is so isolated in this endeavour now that the initial drama surrounding Yachtgate has faded. The pressure, from other sources, is on the Shadow Chancellor. There is grave disquiet among Tory MPs in the wake of the...

I must admit I am baffled as to why David Cameron has chosen now as the moment to reopen the question of under what circumstances he would move George Osborne from his job as shadow Chancellor. The Times reports that Cameron says in his interview with Sir Trevor McDonald that he has talked to Osborne “a number of times” about moving him. This isn’t the first time that Cameron has...

“Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling are more trusted on the economy than David Cameron and George Osborne, a poll for Daily Politics suggests. When asked who people trust most to steer Britain’s economy through the current downturn, 36% of those polled said Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling; 30% said David Cameron and George Osborne; with only

The Standard brings us the story that David Cameron is hawking himself around trying to drum up business for Conservative party doners. Both himself and George Osborne have spoken recently about the current state of the economy and how they...

In a speech to Labour's West Midlands regional conference in Coventry this morning, Labour Leader Ed Miliband said: It is time David Cameron and George Osborne started taking responsibility for what is happening in the British economy. There is an urgent and pressing need for the crisis in the eurozone to be resolved. But when people's jobs, homes and businesses are in jeopardy it is not...

David Cameron and George Osborne are said to be considering taking advantage of the euro crisis to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the European Union.

David Hanson MP, Labour's Shadow Treasury Minister, in response to disagreements between Ministers over how to get the economy growing again, said:

What a pantomime. A packed and overexcited House roared its mingled horror and delight at the antics of the ugly sisters, played by George Osborne and David Cameron.