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George Osborne

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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
British Politician
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne
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Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.
George Osborne
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British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.
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Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
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I think it is absolutely central to our economic plan as a country not only that we put our own house in order but that we better connect ourselves with other parts of the world, particularly the faster growing parts of the world.
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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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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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We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.
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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 cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.
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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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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
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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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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 very much support financial education in schools.
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The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
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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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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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The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.
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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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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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