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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

George Osborne

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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne
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I'm not saying job done but I am actually pretty confident that Britain can be one of the biggest winners from these big global changes that are taking place and indeed become the richest of the major economies in the world in this coming generation.
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Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.
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You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
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You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.
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I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
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We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.
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I think we woefully failed to connect Britain to the growing Chinese economy in the previous decade, and I have sought to remedy that. China is now the sixth biggest trading partner with the UK. We have attracted now the lion's share of Chinese investment that is going into Europe.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
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You need to have a state pension that doesn't drag more and more people into means-testing each year and make it very difficult for people on low to medium term incomes to save and not see their savings clawed away.
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What I'm interested in is Britain projecting itself abroad, and through that its values and the things it holds dear. And I don't think you do that by refusing to talk to the world's second-largest economy [China]. In fact, that is positively counter-productive in my view.
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We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.
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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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Even a China growing at 7% or indeed less is still adding to the world economy an economy equivalent to the UK or more.
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If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
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I'm fed up with Britain being condemned to this future where we borrow the Chinese in order to buy from the Chinese the things that they make for us.
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I get a lot of letters from people.
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I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott.
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