I'm fed up with Britain being condemned to this future where we borrow the Chinese in order to buy from the Chinese the things that they make for us.
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 have to be pretty tough with mortgage companies and say you have got to give people the chance to work out their debts, sort out future mortgages.
George OsborneA generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
George Osborne