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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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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne
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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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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 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 understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
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I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.
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You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.
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Britain is China's best partner in the West.
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I get a lot of letters from people.
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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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If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
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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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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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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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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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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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The Foreign Office is a very important arm of the British state and I think Britain has a fantastic diplomatic service. We are the only country in the world spending 2% of our national income on defence and 0.7% of our national income on aid. We are the only country in the world doing both of those things.
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We should be looking at putting a limit on the interest that can be charged on things like store cards.You don't want to end up with totally draconian credit controls but you want some common sense. We want cooling-off periods for store cards so people can't take them out and go straight to the counter and buy things.
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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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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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We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
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