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George Osborne slams Alistair Darling for British tax exodus (The Telegraph)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:16:42 GMT

Osborne accuses Chancellor of damaging British economy as yet another company flees UK

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George Osborne - The Uk is losing business to Ireland. (Daily Referendum)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:35:00 GMT

... be a result (at least in part) of Ireland's low corporation tax. From the Conservative website : George Osborne has written to Alistair Darling to urge him to take urgent action to prevent more companies from leaving the UK. Regus, Henderson Group and Charter are all thinking of leaving the UK because of concerns over the tax environment. This follows previous announcements from Shire...

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No information about taxation (Open Secrets)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:48:56 GMT

Last October Gordon Brown said he had conducted a series of reviews into the taxation of the non-domiciled when Chancellor and all the information should be made available to the public. This was at a time when the issue was at the top of the political agenda. It was the week after George Osborne's Tory conference speech, with its dramatic and important pledge of a cut in inheritance...

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A housing crash (Conservative Party)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:12:16 GMT

George Osborne has warned that the fall in house prices is fast becoming "a housing crash" as new figures show a 10.5% drop.

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Cheer up, it's Aaro! (Aaronovitch Watch)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Aaaro, on the general theme of don't worry, be happy. Broadly correct on all substantial points (particularly, the ferocious indifference of George Osborne in particular to the fact that he's almost 100% of the time talking provable crap). On the other hand, I would caution readers against assuming either a) that this is Aaro writing a good 'un as he does from time to time or b) an example...

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'Cameron on Cameron' highlights: Colleagues and opponents (ConservativeHome's ToryDiary)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:50:30 GMT

Dylan Jones' new book Cameron on Cameron is a series of interviews with the Conservative leader. Yesterday we focused on highlights discussing the economy and taxation. Below are some highlights of Cameron's responses relating to the other politicians. George Osborne:...

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Feeble Labour folds in the face of anti-tax paranoia (Tax Research UK)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:20:02 GMT

Polly Toynbee has an article with the above title in today’s Guardian. She rebuts the claim that George Osborne made last week that it is the Tories who will take forward the fairness agenda: [I]f “aspirations” for fairness are not backed by hard cash then no amount of good intentions will prevent the disaster that saw child [...] ShareThis

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Tories unveil plans to cut household energy bills by £100 (Chris Whiteside's Blog)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:11:00 GMT

George Osborne and Alan Duncan have announced plans to reform the Post Office Card Account (POCA) and potentially reduce the energy bills of up to four million people by £100. Under our proposals, families without bank accounts will be able to use their POCA to pay utility bills using the equivalent of a direct debit. This will enable them to benefit from the lower energy and water tariffs...

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The good, okay and ugly guide to Conservative economic policy (ConservativeHome's ToryDiary)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:30:19 GMT

The main story in The Sunday Telegraph focuses on calls by "Leading Tories" to end Labour's "overtaxing, overborrowing and overspending". Lord Forsyth, John Redwood and CentreRight's Simon Chapman are all quoted. We have long argued that George Osborne was wrong...

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Osborne plans to cut tax for married couples (Scotland on Sunday)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

SHADOW chancellor George Osborne has insisted the Tories are ready for government, with tax breaks for married couples a key plank of their strategy for a stronger society.

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Labour wilts as battle over the economy looms (David Smith's EconomicsUK.com)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:24:57 GMT

Life does not get much better than this for the opposition. After years of seeing his predecessors baited and beaten by Gordon Brown, George Osborne is in the position of doing the goading. The job of shadow chancellor, long...

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The Carrot (Family Lore)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:50:00 GMT

The Telegraph today leads with the story that the Tories have promised tax breaks for married couples. Shadow chancellor George Osborne is quoted as saying: "Of course everyone is entitled to choose how to live their lives, and some marriages do fail, but we know that in general marriage is an institution that contributes to building a stronger society." Exact details of the tax breaks...

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George Osborne interview with the Telegraph (ConservativeHome's ToryDiary)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:46:35 GMT

Highlights from George Osborne's interview with the Telegraph today: The next election: "I don't underestimate the ability of the Labour Party to win, even under Gordon Brown," he says. "I don't think he's a particularly attractive Prime Minister. But I...

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Osborne confirms that he'll introduce a tax allowance for married couples (ConservativeHome's ToryDiary)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:43:11 GMT

Rachel Sylvester recently hinted that George Osborne was opposed to the Conservative leader's support for a recognition of marriage in the tax system. We said at the time that the recognition would happen and George Osborne has ended speculated by...

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The day the question changed for the Tories ( David Llewellyn)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:59:51 GMT

Full coverage of UK Politics David Cameron and George Osborne have always loved that annoying little phrase they came up with - "sharing the proceeds of growth". When it even started to irritate those broadly sympathetic to their outlook, still they clung to it stubbornly. The proceeds of growth would be shared between government spending, or so-called "investment", and eventually reducing...

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Fate and 2012 (Don't trip up)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:07:00 GMT

The summer has not been kind for Gordon Brown. Martin Bright notes how he has failed to deal adequately with internal dissent, international crisis and Olympic glory. David Cameron is playing a better statesman than Brown in Georgia while George Osborne attempts to take over ownership of the fairness and child poverty agenda. Brown has appeared unresponsive and lacking in empathy. The...

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Energy discount card - a good idea (Schneider Home)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:12:00 GMT

Hats off to George Osborne for coming up with a g ood, low cost, effective policy which will help those most at risk without having adverse consequences and will make for a more efficient working of the energy market. His policy is to give people without bank accounts who can't pay for energy bills by direct debit the chance to have an account at the Post Office for that purpose. More...

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Osborne's energy discount card will help pay the bills. (Daily Referendum)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:31:00 GMT

It's been a sad fact of recent history that the less money you have, the more you have to pay out for your basic utilities. So George Osborne's idea of an energy discount card is just the kind of policy needed to redress the balance between the well off and the not so well off. The card will enable those without a bank account to receive the same discounts as those paying by direct debit....

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Prem Sikka: Conservative ideology is why Britain is failing (The Guardian)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Prem Sikka: George Osborne blames the state for the country's woes, but they are the result of Labour's enthusiastic embrace of Tory ideology

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Conservatives to tackle unfairness by cutting poor households’ energy bills by up to £100 a year (A New Direction for Wirral West)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:39:04 GMT

As part of the Conservative Party’s campaign on fairness, George Osborne and Alan Duncan today announce that a Conservative government will reform Post Office Card Accounts to enable families without bank accounts to benefit from the lower energy and water tariffs offered to customers paying by direct debit. It is estimated that this could cut the [...]

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