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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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I very much support financial education in schools.
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I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
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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 will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.
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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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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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[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.
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There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.
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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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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 would also like to see children aged between 11 and 18 taught financial education in a structured way in schools. I would also say that that is not enough. You have also got to improve numeracy skills, mathematical skills in schools.
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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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We have to be pretty tough with mortgage companies and say you have got to give people the chance to work out their debts, sort out future mortgages.
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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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I believe in public services.
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Britain is China's best partner in the West.
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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.
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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 want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many.
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