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Aylan Kurdi: George Osborne blames Isis for death of Syrian boy pictured drowned on beach
Chancellor claimed terror group and criminal gangs needed to be tackled in aftermath of David Cameron criticism.
George Osborne mocks Scotland with a sick joke on Trident renewal
George Osborne says £500m boost for Trident at Faslane is good news for Scotland.
Scotland's Faslane nuclear base to get £500m investment
Clyde naval site, home of Trident submarines, to get funding over 10-year period.
Lloyds shares continue to fall as Osborne plans stake sale within a year
On 25 August, Lloyds shares are trading down 3.15% at 73.46 pence as at 6.24am GMT.
Jeremy Corbyn: Labour win means electoral obscurity while defeat will lead to supporter fury
Labour is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the thorny topic of Corbyn.
Public sector net borrowing down 21.6% as George Osborne increases government cuts
Compared to the same month in 2014, the borrowing was £2.07bn less in July 2015.
Margareta Pagano: Don't fear sharing NHS data as biomedical revolution could save lives
Data sharing between public services like the NHS and police could make a positive impact on people's lives.
George Osborne extends starter homes scheme to tackle countryside 'shortage scandal'
The chancellor says the move is part of a wider government plan to help rural economies.
Pringle-eating David Cameron video goes viral after EasyJet passenger films prime minister
British prime minister filmed tucking into paprika flavoured crisps after a trip to Portugal.
Deborah Doane: Farmer milk protests just another example of how austerity is poisoning us all
The solution to supermarket price wars and the housing crisis is so simple a 15-month-old child would know it.
China's slowdown is killing George Osborne's UK exports dreams
Osborne targeting £1tn value of UK exports by end of decade, but weak China threatens goal.
Hedge funds likely gained £10m by shorting RBS shares
George Osborne was criticised for allowing hedge funds to generate huge profits.
George Osborne tops Tory leadership poll for first time
Nearly one in three Tory members want the chancellor to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron.
RBS sale timing ignores the bank's capital surplus potential
The decision to start selling RBS this August seems to have been taken in isolation of the group's emerging capital surplus potential.
George Osborne will miss £1tn export target warns British Chambers of Commerce
The business body wants the Conservative chancellor to 'open up markets' for more companies.
George Osborne continues sale of Lloyds bank stake to reduce debt
The UK now owns less than 14% of Lloyds bank as government gears up for sale of 80% RBS interest.
Lloyds profit jumps to £1.19bn despite compensation costs increase
Bank's total net income was £5.7bn, reporting no change in revenue from the first half of 2014.
UK GDP grows for second quarter running in 2015
Gross domestic product in the UK was estimated to be 0.7% higher in the second quarter of 2015
HSBC may be kicked out of FTSE 100 if it moves HQ to Hong Kong
Review of its domicile will have to include implications of being out of FTSE100 index.
Summer budget 2015: Ethnic minority groups in UK hit hardest by George Osborne's cuts
Race charity Runnymede found that the reductions in tax credits counterweight the introduction of the living wage.
Tory 2% GDP defence spending pledge was 'accounting trick' says Rusi
Professor Malcolm Chalmers has revealed how George Osborne made the surprise military promise.
EU referendum: Universities back drive to keep UK in 'overwhelmingly positive' union
The education bosses claim the UK benefits from staying in the 28-member bloc.
EU referendum: Chancellor George Osborne kicks off tour of key EU capitals
Paris trip is first in series over next 6 months to discuss the UK's EU membership.
David Cameron promises to look beyond Europe in 'Elizabethan endeavour' trade pledge
The prime minister also warned that the EU needed to relax its business regulation rules.
Scandal-plagued HSBC's UK chief to head influential group at financial regulator
Despite scandals, including forex fixing, HSBC head will represent financial industry at UK's FCA regulator.
George Osborne told to 'sit down' in furious outburst by Commons' speaker John Bercow
'Chancellor, sit down man! I told you to sit down, sit down!' shouted Bercow, as Osborne fielded questions on the economy.
George Osborne targets £20bn of extra Whitehall cuts by 2020 in spending review
Conservative chancellor will unveil his spending review near the end of 2015.
George Osborne failing to get UK Government debt under control
Chancellor George Osborne criticised for soaring debt, lack of productivity spending.
George Osborne's living wage boost could cost '80,000 jobs' warns retail body
The ACS has warned that the policy will have a 'devastating impact' on the sector.
UK's poorest students to be slapped with £53,000 bill for university education under Tory reforms
Think tank warns that students could be hit hard by Tory reforms