George Osborne
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne CH (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a British former Conservative Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from June 2001 until he stood down on 3 May 2017. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016. He was the editor of London's Evening Standard from 2017 to 2020 and chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP) since September 2016.
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- We are going to try to persuade rebel MPs from other parties to back us. And look, when the dust settles people can see that the Conservative Party wants to give the British people an 'in-out' choice on our membership in Europe.
- EU referendum: Tory MP will take forward bill BBC News (16 May 2013)
- So this is our plan for growth. We want the words: ‘Made in Britain, Created in Britain, Designed in Britain, Invented in Britain’ to drive our nation forward. A Britain carried aloft by the march of the makers. That is how we will create jobs…We have put fuel into the tank of the British economy.
- 2011 Budget: Britain open for business 2011 Budget Announcement (23 March 2011)