George Osborne, in his eagerness to try to attack Peter Mandelson, has been caught lying about the extent of his links to Oleg Deripaska. He should resign. Yesterday, George Osborne released a statement which said: "The allegations made in Mr Rothschild's letter to the Times are completely untrue. Both Andrew Feldman and George Osborne deny absolutely that they attempted to solicit a don...

The Tories are already planning for government George Osborne tells Robert Winnett.

After a meteoric rise through the Tory ranks George Osborne has long seemed destined to play a key role at the very top of a future Conservative government.

THE Chancellor, George Osborne, yesterday called on the country to tell the government where the axe should fall in what he described as the "national challenge of our gen

During the course of Saturday, a number of shadow cabinet figures and others made clear their support for shadow chancellor George Osborne over his outspoken attack on the Government in the Times, in which he stated that too much government...

George Osborne must be feeling a little uncomfortable today. After all, the speculation about his boss being about to appoint Ex-Chancellor Ken Clarke to a significant role could hardly help make Mr Osborne feel a little… unloved. After all, George saved Dave last year when he was in trouble, but Dave seems disinclined to dismiss reports that George might

When George Osborne and Vince Cable start to rebuild the economy, they will have the help of some high-powered advisers and City heavyweights.

Where will the growth come from? That is the question the Tories are setting out to answer today when George Osborne proclaims what he will call "a new economic model for Britain". Business investment and savings must, he says, replace debt as the foundation for prosperity. Osborne will set out eight benchmarks which, he claims, will allow people to assess Tory progress in government towards this ...

Much has been made in the British press of the comments by George Osborne on a future British currency crisis, what he called "having a proper sterling collapse, a run on the pound". Leaving aside- for the moment- the convention which Osborne has broken that opposition politicians do not talk down the British economy, let us examine what George Osborne is saying. On Friday Sterling hit a a six and...

Still reading and hearing a few negative comments about George Osborne - though far less than had been the case. Personally, I think these comments are either born of an ingrained anti-Conservative prejudice, or are very difficult to understand. As readers know, I have a high opinion of George Osborne, and also believe that the populist Vince Cable is grossly over-rated (though I would not say I h...