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 OsborneWhat I'm interested in is Britain projecting itself abroad, and through that its values and the things it holds dear. And I don't think you do that by refusing to talk to the world's second-largest economy [China]. In fact, that is positively counter-productive in my view.
George OsborneWe will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.
George OsborneWhat makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.
George Osborne