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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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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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British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.
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We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
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I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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Britain should not be forced to make a choice between joining the single currency and leaving the EU, because if we're forced to make that choice we would leave the EU.
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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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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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There are those people who don't want change. Well there needs to be a coalition for change amongst the hard-working mainstream majority of the country to crack on and sort out Britain's problems.
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Establishing proper economic governance that allows the Eurozone to undertake the integration it needs whilst protecting the interests of the single market for all 28, the rights of member states who are not in the Euro - including of course the UK - is really important for the future of the European Union.
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I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.
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What's interesting is whilst Shanghai has gone stellar - literally, in these massive buildings which have appeared since I first visited - Beijing has become a much more vibrant and interesting place. A lot more business is done here.
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We support the auto-enrolment but we have our doubts about the way the National Pension Scheme is going to be structured.
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I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.
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Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
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One big theme for me is that we have got to move from an economy built on debt to one where we save and invest in the future.
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You also want to look at how the tax system encourages and rewards pension saving. I have set as an ambition reversing the effects of Gordon Brown's tax raid which heralded the beginning of the age of responsibility. We are looking at some very specific tax measures on how we can encourage saving.
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No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.
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