Toby Harnden - Telegraph Blogs (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Full coverage of the US elections 2008 Great piece of dogged shoe-leather reporting - he cornered David Cameron in a lift and George Osborne in the Central Lobby at Westminster - by my Belfast friend Ben Lowry in the Tele...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne arrived in Glasgow East yesterday to welcome the government’s planned benefit reforms with the incendiary observation that they marked a “victory for the centre-right in British politics”.
Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
George Osborne has criticised the Government's "complete absence of direction" after Alistair Darling was forced into another U-turn.
Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
George Osborne has declared "the Brown era of economics" over after it emerged the Government is planning to rewrite its fiscal rules.
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
ToryDiary: Forget tax cuts, says Fox Parliament: Grieve attacks doubling of violent crime in ten years Local government: Tories gain two council seats in Jacqui Smith's backyard Ewan Watt on Platform: Lessons from Barry Goldwater George Osborne reacts to Labour's...
Daily Referendum (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Responding to the announcement that the 2p fuel duty rise will be postponed, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said: "After months of dithering, Alistair Darling has finally decided to postpone the 2p rise in fuel duty a week before the Glasgow East by-election. "Instead of short term political fixes, what the government should be doing is adopting our plans for a fair fuel stabiliser so that motorists...
Times Online - Peter Riddell (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
It’s not just the broken society; it’s also the economy. David Cameron knows that to be seen as a credible alternative government, the Tories need to have a response to the downturn. Hence speeches yesterday by Mr Cameron and George Osborne, and an economic summit tomorrow. But, as often with the Tories, their answer is a mixture of the sensible and the gimmicky.
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne MP has vowed to improve the lives of Newquay residents - claiming Gordon Brown doesn't care about Cornwall.
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne was at Liskeard Public Hall on Friday for an open meeting with around 30 people coming to here him speak.
Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
George Osborne has stressed that fixing Britain's broken society is integral to building a strong economy.
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
George Osborne is to give a three thousand word speech to the Centre for Policy Studies this evening, explaining why fixing Britain’s broken society is integral to building a strong economy. Full text copied below, our summary will come soon.
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Good morning, here is the early thoughts of tonight's programme producer Shaminder: " ECONOMY David Cameron and George Osborne are both speaking on the economy today. What are their policies to deal with an economic downturn? Inflation has gone up - to a higher rate than expected. We also have a short film from Paul Mason. Tomorrow we may begin to see the impact of the credit crunch in the official...
Nudge blog (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Over the past month, there has been a lot of media coverage in the British press about the ideas in Nudge. We wanted to link to one Guardian piece in particular by George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, who helped spearhead David Cameron’s campaign to lead the Conservative Party, and is now in [...]
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
The European High Yield Association (EHYA), an affiliate of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), today praised the Insolvency Reform proposals issued by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne. The proposed reform would create a new fast track judicial process for distressed companies. This new formalised "rescue" framework closes a gap in the existing insolvency regime, which...
The Party Blog (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Behavioural economics is all the rage. Like all fashions it is important to distinguish innovation and quality from fad and silliness. The principle of nudging' is not at issue; the devil, however, is in the detail. Two articles in today's press illustrate this perfectly. In the Financial Times , the always provocative Jamie Whyte has a pop at Harriet Harman's proposed Equality Bil...
