# george-osborne - Saturday 22 December, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
The former chancellor was David Cameron’s closest ally in government for six years.
# george-osborne - Tuesday 13 June, 2017
# Brexit Wounds
# Brexit Wounds
Theresa May is facing pressure on all sides as she looks to form a government to lead the Brexit negotiations.
# george-osborne - Saturday 18 March, 2017
# Gorgeous George
# Gorgeous George
George Osborne is still an MP and also has a €750,000-a-year job with a wealth management company.
# george-osborne - Monday 6 June, 2016
# Brexit
# Brexit
Osborne is in the north on the Brexit vote campaign trail.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 23 March, 2016
# Row Back
# Row Back
The embattled chancellor of the exchequer was on the defensive yesterday.
# george-osborne - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
# Bailout
# Bailout
He added that he plans to carry out his responsibilities in office for the next four years.
# george-osborne - Thursday 11 June, 2015
# Uh Oh
# Uh Oh
The country’s government plans to start offloading its shares in the bailed-out bank.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 18 March, 2015
# Counting Pennies
# Counting Pennies
Only by 20p though. Is Ireland about to follow the UK’s example? And by how much if so?
# george-osborne - Sunday 7 December, 2014
# Inbox Me
# Inbox Me
This was the week in business.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
# Ed's Balls-up
# Ed's Balls-up
It’s one of the “perils” of speaking directly, instead of reading the precise text of a long party conference address, the Labour leader insisted.
# george-osborne - Monday 7 July, 2014
# Westminster
# Westminster
The Home Office has admitted that 114 official files relating to claims of child abuse have been lost or destroyed.
# george-osborne - Thursday 3 July, 2014
# Seven Times Eight Is...
From The Daily Edge
# Seven Times Eight Is...
This would never happen to Michael Noonan. Right?
# george-osborne - Monday 17 February, 2014
# Indyref
# Indyref
The Scottish First Minister has said that not recognising the result would be anti-democratic.
# george-osborne - Thursday 27 June, 2013
# Shamburger
# Shamburger
George Osborne ’s decision to have a burger has caused some controversy in the UK…
# george-osborne - Thursday 20 June, 2013
# Ulster Bank
# Ulster Bank
George Osborne told bankers last night that a review is to be carried out into breaking up Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank’s parent company.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 19 June, 2013
# Bankers
# Bankers
A report by a parliamentary commission on banking in the UK has recommended widespread reform to the sector.
# george-osborne - Tuesday 18 June, 2013
# G8
# G8
G8 leaders are likely to announce new measures that will make companies more transparent when it comes to taxation.
# george-osborne - Saturday 23 March, 2013
# Fracking
# Fracking
Fracking is an emotively driven environmental issue – but the Irish government could do worse than follow the UK in opening up the market here for exploration, writes Aaron McKenna.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
# British Budget
# British Budget
George Osborne has halved his projections for economic growth for Britain this year, and offers a new mortgage stimulus.
# UK Budget
# UK Budget
The UK budget being announced today has implications for Ireland too, writes James Kilcourse, who says as well as being a crucial trading partner, the UK is Ireland’s biggest rival for attracting foreign direct investment.
# george-osborne - Saturday 23 February, 2013
# Moody's
# Moody's
Moody’s have downgraded the UK from AAA to AA1.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
# Bailout
# Bailout
The release of further documents this week help to shed further light on Ireland’s bailout. But what don’t we know?
# george-osborne - Friday 19 October, 2012
# Great Train Robbery
From The Daily Edge
# Great Train Robbery
Unfortunately for the Chancellor, it happened in front of an ITV reporter who live-tweeted the whole episode.
# george-osborne - Tuesday 4 September, 2012
# Everyday I'm Shufflin
# Everyday I'm Shufflin
Jeremy Hunt was the surprised appointment to the Ministry of Health as David Cameron conducted his first reshuffle since taking office over two years ago
# george-osborne - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
# George Osborne
# George Osborne
Britain’s economic output collapsed by 0.7 per cent, far more than analysts expected.
# george-osborne - Thursday 14 June, 2012
# Hacking
# Hacking
The inquiry set up in the wake of the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World continues to receive witness testimony today.
# george-osborne - Monday 11 June, 2012
# Leveson
# Leveson
The former British Prime Minister kicked off a week of senior political witnesses at the inquiry into British media ethics which also heard from current Chancellor George Osborne .
# george-osborne - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
# United Kingdom
# United Kingdom
Chancellor George Osborne has also raised the thresholds for income tax and child benefit, as well as hiking excise on cigarettes.
# george-osborne - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
# Transparency
# Transparency
Eoghan Murphy wants to follow the lead of the UK, where each taxpayer is being given a breakdown of their tax spending.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
# EU Budget
# EU Budget
The UK, Sweden and the Netherlands refused to sign off after the European Court of Auditors reported accounting errors.
# george-osborne - Monday 30 January, 2012
# Bankers' Bonuses
# Bankers' Bonuses
Stephen Hester, whose bank is 82 per cent owned by the British taxpayer, gives up his bonus to avoid becoming a ‘pariah’.
# george-osborne - Thursday 29 December, 2011
# Review 2011
# Review 2011
2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.
# george-osborne - Monday 19 December, 2011
# Debt Crisis
# Debt Crisis
George Osborne told EU finance ministers that Britain would only act as part of a G20 plan, and not within the EU.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
# Talks
# Talks
The fallout of Cameron’s decision to use a veto in EU negotiations on a new treaty continued last night as Clegg and the Lib Dems refused to back the PM in a Commons vote.
# george-osborne - Saturday 10 December, 2011
# EU
# EU
There have been mixed reactions to the landmark EU deal – but UK PM David Cameron received a “hero’s welcome” from Conservative MPs after rejecting it.
# george-osborne - Wednesday 30 November, 2011
# United Kingdom
# United Kingdom
Public sector workers are striking, over government proposals to make staff work longer and pay more in order to earn pensions.
# george-osborne - Friday 7 October, 2011
# Downgrade
# Downgrade
Twelve banks in the UK and nine in Portugal have been downgraded after Moody’s reassessed the financial institutions’ support environment.
# george-osborne - Friday 23 September, 2011
# Bilateral Bailout
# Bilateral Bailout
Ireland is to draw down the first €463 million of its loans from Britain in the coming weeks, finance minister Michael Noonan says.
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