Tag Archive: George Osborne

  1. Government To Pay Off WW1 Debt

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    Chancellor George Osborne is to pay off the UK government’s remaining debt from World War One, the Treasury has announced.

    The government will repay the outstanding £1.9bn of debt from a 3.5% War Loan on 9 March 2015. (more…)

  2. A Lot Can Happen in Nine Months

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    The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement produced few surprises and no giveaways.

    In March 2013, George Osborne’s job security looked similar to that of a Premier League manager. Talk was of a triple dip recession, government borrowing was stuck at £120bn and the Office for Budget Responsibility was running out of red ink for its projections. (more…)