George Osborne: Second Brexit referendum or general election likely in 2019
The former chancellor was David Cameron’s closest ally in government for six years.
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The former chancellor was David Cameron’s closest ally in government for six years.
Theresa May is facing pressure on all sides as she looks to form a government to lead the Brexit negotiations.
George Osborne is still an MP and also has a €750,000-a-year job with a wealth management company.
Osborne is in the north on the Brexit vote campaign trail.
The embattled chancellor of the exchequer was on the defensive yesterday.
He added that he plans to carry out his responsibilities in office for the next four years.
The country’s government plans to start offloading its shares in the bailed-out bank.
Only by 20p though. Is Ireland about to follow the UK’s example? And by how much if so?
This was the week in business.
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.
The Home Office has admitted that 114 official files relating to claims of child abuse have been lost or destroyed.
This would never happen to Michael Noonan. Right?
The Scottish First Minister has said that not recognising the result would be anti-democratic.
George Osborne’s decision to have a burger has caused some controversy in the UK…
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.
A report by a parliamentary commission on banking in the UK has recommended widespread reform to the sector.
G8 leaders are likely to announce new measures that will make companies more transparent when it comes to taxation.
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 has halved his projections for economic growth for Britain this year, and offers a new mortgage stimulus.
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.
Moody’s have downgraded the UK from AAA to AA1.
The release of further documents this week help to shed further light on Ireland’s bailout. But what don’t we know?
Unfortunately for the Chancellor, it happened in front of an ITV reporter who live-tweeted the whole episode.
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
Britain’s economic output collapsed by 0.7 per cent, far more than analysts expected.
The inquiry set up in the wake of the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World continues to receive witness testimony today.
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.
Chancellor George Osborne has also raised the thresholds for income tax and child benefit, as well as hiking excise on cigarettes.
Eoghan Murphy wants to follow the lead of the UK, where each taxpayer is being given a breakdown of their tax spending.
The UK, Sweden and the Netherlands refused to sign off after the European Court of Auditors reported accounting errors.
Stephen Hester, whose bank is 82 per cent owned by the British taxpayer, gives up his bonus to avoid becoming a ‘pariah’.
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 told EU finance ministers that Britain would only act as part of a G20 plan, and not within the EU.
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.
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.
Public sector workers are striking, over government proposals to make staff work longer and pay more in order to earn pensions.
Twelve banks in the UK and nine in Portugal have been downgraded after Moody’s reassessed the financial institutions’ support environment.
Ireland is to draw down the first €463 million of its loans from Britain in the coming weeks, finance minister Michael Noonan says.