George Osborne
George Osborne
George Osborneis a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliamentfor Tatton since 2001. Under the premiership of David Cameron, from 2010 to 2016, Osborne served as Chancellor of the Exchequer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 May 1971
George Osborne quotes about
world way wealth
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.
cutting political pace
Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to set this up as a measure of success. Protecting the credit rating will not be easy The pace of fiscal consolidation will be co-ordinated with monetary policy. And we will protect Britain's credit rating and international reputation.
problem economy social
Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.
jobs government trying
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. Everything in politics encourages more red tape - everyone insists government must step in - 'something must be done' is always the cry. We have to resist these pressures.
life people parent
It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, it is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.
thinking bail needs
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.
political-will order law
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.
party writing california
I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.
taken people action
I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
cutting government way
If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott.
failure people looks
When you look at the things people are really fed up with, like the collapse of the pension system, like the failure to get money to the frontline of the health service, Gordon Brown is more responsible for that than any other politician including Tony Blair
home successful want
I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
want financial britain
I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.
risk world around-the-world
Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.