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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

News

Spending review brings Britain ‘back from the brink’

Chancellor George Osborne outlines where the axe will fall in the Comprehensive Spending Review

20 Oct 2010

Dennis Turner is chief economist at HSBC

Opinion

A sensible approach to pensions

Linking public sector pensions to CPI rather than RPI is good politics, but can make for very bad economics

24 Aug 2010

Analysis

Osborne's 'Bloodbath Budget' leaves public sector FDs with tough job

Onlookers hail the chancellor’s Budget as brave. But it is public sector FDs that must play axeman to hit recovery targets, says Melanie Stern

05 Jul 2010

Opinion

Editor's letter: Ain't no way to treat a lady

I’m just about old enough to remember the days when the Bank of England ­ – the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ­ – had but to raise an eyebrow and deliver a withering look and recalcitrant bankers would quickly fall into line.

05 Jul 2009

Analysis

Shot with the stupid gun: was Darling just playing to the gallery when he taxed rich people's pensions?

Slapping even more tax on rich people’s pensions is going to result in less revenue for the Treasury, not more. The Chancellor is taking careful aim at both feet and pulling the trigger.

25 May 2009

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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