George Osborne

RBS should be sold soon because it would be irresponsible to try and play markets with taxpayer money.

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Government sells 15% stake in Royal Mail for £750m and will use proceeds to help cut the deficit

Chancellor George Osborne has stolen a Swedish innovation with his new proposal for a budget surplus target

The Tories are walking a fine line between self-regulation and legislation.

Move would incentivise work in low-income families, say his allies.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney to tighten financial regulation.

HSBC is cutting thousands of jobs in the UK and is mulling a possible relocation of its headquarters.

Chancellor George Osborne doesn't want to hold on to Lloyds, RBS and Royal Mail

Review will look at the bank levy, imposed during the financial crisis, to protect customers of retail banks

Johnson Matthey leads the fallers on the FTSE 100 despite a 9% increase in dividend payout

Because of increased spending on the NHS, the government will have to make deep cuts into other departments.

Pew Research Center survey shows 55% of Britons want to remain in the EU, while 36% want to leave.

In her first speech as SNP leader in Brussels, Sturgeon said a Brexit would cause a backlash in Scotland

Downing Street was forced to rule out reforms to child benefit in a bid to tackle the welfare bill.

Shares in Lloyds will be sold to private retail investors within the next 12 months, the government has confirmed.

Negotiations between the Treasury and Buckingham Palace to set the Queen's income to begin soon.

It would be RBS's first major purchase since it was bailed out with £45.5bn of taxpayers' money.

Chancellor George Osborne urges Whitehall departments to make more cuts in effort to wipe off deficit in 2018-19.

European Union risks pricing itself out of global economy with excessive regulation, says chancellor

Business welcomes move, but unions attack slashing of public investment.

Experts don't expect deflation to continue for a prolonged period.

UK inflation rate negative due to low food prices and slower rise in transport prices

Ministries have until beginning of July to reveal planned cuts.

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Wolfgang Schaüble meets George Osborne in Brussels.

Osborne was speaking on arrival at meeting of European finance ministers.

The Conservatives may be back in power but I don't believe they deserved to win their place in government.

The government now owns 19.93% of Lloyds.

Government looks at accelerating disposal of its shares in banks rescued during the 2007-2009 financial crisis.