George Osborne Quotes - Page 2

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• If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott.

  George Osborne

  Cutting, Government, Way

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• Why don't we save and invest in our future and start making the things that millions of Chinese consumers are going to want in the future.

  George Osborne

  Chinese, Want, Our Future

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.

  George Osborne

  Country, Cutting, Savages

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to set this up as a measure of success. Protecting the credit rating will not be easy The pace of fiscal consolidation will be co-ordinated with monetary policy. And we will protect Britain's credit rating and international reputation.

  George Osborne

  Cutting, Political, Pace

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• There are a lot of examples where people aren't getting the right information. We could do a lot more with credit card bills so people properly understand that if you pay off the minimum it could take you 41 years to pay off is that right.

  George Osborne

  Years, People, Example

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

  George Osborne

  Party, Hard Work, People

  "George Osborne: austerity may last until 2018" by Hélène Mulholland,, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2012.

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• I very much support financial education in schools.

  George Osborne

  School, Financial Education, Support

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.

  George Osborne

  Want, Financial, Currency

  Source: www.economist.com

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• There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many.

  George Osborne

  Jobs, Government, Trying

  "George Osborne pledges battle against 'anti-business culture' amid bonus row" by Jill Treanor and Larry Elliott, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2012.

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• Autism is a very serious condition.

  George Osborne

  Autism, Serious, Conditions

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• The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.

  George Osborne

  Thinking, People, Support

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• Britain is not part of the single currency. That is a decision we have taken, a voluntary decision of this country, but as a result are part of a European Union 19 of whose members are rapidly integrating, creating political, fiscal, monetary, economic union to make their currency work. And that is increasingly rubbing up against the operation.

  George Osborne

  Country, Taken, Creating

  Source: www.economist.com

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• I want to see genuine talent rewarded.

  George Osborne

  Want, Talent, Genuine

  George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

  George Osborne

  Damage Is Done, Parliament, Importance

  "George Osborne ordered to repay £1,666 in MPs' expenses" by Andrew Sparrow and Polly Curtis, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2010.

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• I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.

  George Osborne

  Party, Writing, California

  House of Commons, www.publications.parliament.uk. August 11, 2011.

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• I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.

  George Osborne

  Thinking, Issues, Looks

  Source: www.economist.com

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• Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.

  George Osborne

  Country, Divine Right, World

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• Britain needs a simpler tax system which is simple to understand, where there are no loop-holes, where the very rich do not avoid tax by employing expensive accountants

  George Osborne

  Simple, Needs, Rich

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• The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.

  George Osborne

  Oil, World, Forecasts

  "George Osborne unveils employee 'shares for rights' scheme" by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2012.

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• I see no real argument in Britain that is concerned that an Indian company owns our most successful car manufacturer or that the sewer system under London is being renewed in part by Chinese investment. There are the odd voices that express concern but they are very marginal and they are not being listened to by the British people.

  George Osborne

  Real, Successful, Voice

  Source: www.economist.com

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• If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.

  George Osborne

  Mistake, Government, Gone

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• It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, it is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.

  George Osborne

  Life, People, Parent

  House of Commons, Oral Answers to Questions, www.publications.parliament.uk. July 8, 2015.

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• We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.

  George Osborne

  Thinking, Needs, Bail

  "RBS and Lloyds could be broken up under Tories". www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2009.

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• The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

  George Osborne

  Strong, Government, Decision

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.

  George Osborne

  Problem, Economy, Social

  "More Blairite than Tony" by Heather Stewart, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2005.

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