DEFEATED Remain campaigner George Osborne said Britain will not retreat from the international stage following the UK's decision to ditch Brussels. The Chancellor said: “My message is simple: Britain may be leaving the EU, but we are not withdrawing from the world.” Osborne, who campaigned for Remain, said the...
George Osborne says he will have to slash public spending and increase taxes in an emergency Budget to tackle a £30bn "black hole" if the UK votes to leave the European Union. The chancellor will say this could include raising income and inheritance taxes and cutting the NHS budget. But 57 Tory MPs have said his...
FRANCE'S Finance Minister has savaged George Osborne's "cosy" Google tax deal and vowed to "go all the way" to make sure the internet giant pays what it owes. After dozens of French police raided Google's HQ in Paris, politician Michel Sapin said: "We don't do deals like Britain, we...
NICOLA Sturgeon has hit out at the tactics employed by David Cameron and George Osborne in the run up to the EU referendum. Scotland’s First Minister criticised the Chancellor following a bombardment of Treasury scaremongering over the weekend, saying: “I’d much rather we were campaigning positively.”...
IAIN Duncan Smith has launched a scathing attack on George Osborne, likening the Chancellor to Pinocchio over his warnings that house prices would take a hit if Britain leaves the EU. Mr Osborne said a report on the short-term impact of Brexit, due for publication next week, will forecast people's homes will lose between 10...
Chancellor George Osborne and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have become the latest senior British politicians to publish details of their tax returns. Mr Osborne paid £72,210 in tax in 2014-5 on £198,738 in earnings, comprising his official salary, rental income and share dividends from his family firm. The Labour...