george osborne

Osborne ‘shocked’ by rich tax dodgers I'm shocked that the nation's chancellor would be shocked to discover this. But to be fair, he plans to do something about it: Sounds like a good idea to me. I wish that something like the Buffet rule would pass in the US, but I have less confidence...

Will Osborne's 2012 budget help UK Ltd. come out of the recession? I was impressed with the push for R&D and science. But what about the rest? I hate to say it, coz I have never waved the blue flag, but there seemed to be a lot of common sense. Would love to hear other thoughts. BT

So as George Osborne is set to announce a multi-billion pound development package building up the rails, bridges and roads in order to avoid the OECD's prediction of a double dip, can this be seen as his Plan B? Sounds awfully like a stimulus package to me.

Not my words, but that of then shadow chancellor George Osborne in 2006. Hmm.

So, seeing as tomorrow Gideon will announce cuts that will reshape the state for years to come, it seems worthy of its very own thread.... Lots of this has already been leaked in advance, so what we could expect: 10% cut in defence budget (trident put off) 80% in university budget BBC made...

Rising star here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/17/chuka-umunna-letter-george-osborne

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10500081.stm I am just flabbergasted - is this so that 25% won't seem to be as bad as it could have been!