Britain Quote by George Osborne

We have got this Damocles' sword of Standard and Poor's hanging over us, with the commitment they have made to review Britain's credit rating…

— Philip Hammond

Trying to cut the deficit too far, too fast isn't working. The government must adopt a steadier, more balanced plan to get our deficit…

— Ed Balls

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

— Alistair Darling

Governments need to lay out a credible path to reducing their deficits in the medium term, but without excessively enfeebling an already weak recovery.…

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier…

— John Redwood

How is it having more control if we have a recession as the Bank of England and IFS say?

— Sadiq Khan

Faster economic growth helps raise the economy which raises revenues. And that helps us tackle the deficit. There's two things we've got to do…

— Paul Ryan

The best time to make deficit reduction a priority is when the inflation rate and the bond market give you some indication that you…

— Ross Douthat

I am prepared to discuss the things that I believe we need to do not just to raise the debt limit. Raising the debt…

— Marco Rubio

The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.

— Iain Duncan Smith

The banks, because of mismanagement, because of huge risk taking, are now in very vulnerable positions. We can expect that we're gonna have to…

— Barack Obama

I believe we need a balanced, bipartisan approach to debt reduction that includes a combination of spending cuts, investments in economic growth, and simplification…

— Bill Foster