There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a… — 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… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
At the moment we are hard-wired into the European markets - 50% of our exports go to Europe - and that has… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
For example at the moment there is a compulsory requirement to buy an annuity. That is something we would get rid of.… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Why don't we save and invest in our future and start making the things that millions of Chinese consumers are going to… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Each time I come it's amazing to watch the development of this incredible country [China]. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
One big theme for me is that we have got to move from an economy built on debt to one where we… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in.… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
I'm fed up with Britain being condemned to this future where we borrow the Chinese in order to buy from the Chinese… — 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