If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Establishing proper economic governance that allows the Eurozone to undertake the integration it needs whilst protecting the interests of the single market… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
There are plenty of people who don't want change - the Labour Party, some of their militant trade union friends like Unite busy causing… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom.… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
