The credibility of politics itself will be in the dock with Huhne

telegraph 04-FEB-12

No cover for our soldiers

thesun 04-FEB-12

US surprises Kabul with early end to Afghanistan mily operations

TheFrontierPost 03-FEB-12

Think-Tank Warns Of Looming Recession

ananova 03-FEB-12

Bailout banker Fred Goodwin stripped of his knighthood

thesun 01-FEB-12

Fred Goodwin is stripped of his knighthood for RBS failure - the biggest corporate disaster in British history

dailymail 31-JAN-12

Taxpayer still funding trip for Airmiles Andy despite Prince standing down as trade ambassador

dailymail 31-JAN-12

Cameron urges RBS bonus restraint

bbc 30-JAN-12

Year of the dragon welcomed at Chinese New Year celebrations in UK

themirror 29-JAN-12

Greeks reject EU 'budget control'

bbc 28-JAN-12

RBS chairman waives $2.2 million bonus after Hester row (Reuters)

news 28-JAN-12

How the Chinese are building exact replicas of an Austrian village... and why none of the houses have been sold

dailymail 28-JAN-12

IMF chief: Some euro countries can boost growth (AP)

news 28-JAN-12

EU news: No bail-out from UK until plan agreed

thesun 28-JAN-12

Union fury at bumper bonus of almost £1million for RBS boss

themirror 27-JAN-12

British economy teeters on brink of recession

montrealgazette 25-JAN-12

UK debt passes £1trillion for first time

thesun 24-JAN-12

Plans for executive pay announced

bbc 23-JAN-12

China buys stake in Thames Water

ft 21-JAN-12

China cracks down on dissidents before power transfer

montrealgazette 20-JAN-12

Santander sells Thames Water stake to China

telegraph 20-JAN-12

IMF ready to seek UK cash boost

independent 18-JAN-12

Boris Island Airport Plans Set For Discussion

ananova 18-JAN-12

S&P's downgrades get calm market response (AP)

news 16-JAN-12

Scottish independence vote could hit finance industry

telegraph 15-JAN-12

Government to demand Royal Bank of Scotland caps cash bonuses at investment arm

dailymail 15-JAN-12

Ed Balls: 'We cannot reverse tax rises or spending cuts'

telegraph 14-JAN-12

George Osborne hints at child benefit relief for middle income families

telegraph 14-JAN-12

Scots split support 'higher in UK'

belfasttelegraph 14-JAN-12

Lobbyists will be forced to sign up to a register and sign code of conduct to stamp out the 'next big scandal'

dailymail 14-JAN-12

Ulster Bank confirmed today it is to cut 950 jobs, 600 from its operations in the Republic and 350 from its operations in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times

irishtimes 12-JAN-12

You'll have to join euro! Scots warned of the high price they will pay for supporting independence

dailymail 10-JAN-12

Brother David overshadows Miliband¿s relaunch as he says Labour is split and ¿frustrated¿

dailymail 10-JAN-12

Cameron denies referendum 'interference'

independent 09-JAN-12

Shareholders will get veto on boardroom pay

independent 08-JAN-12

Man killed in January storms as 100mph winds batter Britain bringing flooding and power cuts

telegraph 03-JAN-12

Eurozone heading back into recession after factory output collapse

dailymail 02-JAN-12

Labour is trailing the Tories, and here are the reasons why

telegraph 31-DEC-11

Government reveals 'alarming' pension shortfall

telegraph 30-DEC-11

Right to Buy discounts set to increase to as much as £50,000 in boost for council tenants

dailymail 23-DEC-11

GDP was higher than expected in third quarter but second showed no growth at all after latest ONS revision

dailymail 22-DEC-11

Third month of public borrowing falls leaves Government on course to meet £127bn target

dailymail 22-DEC-11

UK borrowing fall keeps deficit plan on track after Moody's warns of 'challenges' to Britain's 'AAA' rating

dailymail 21-DEC-11

EU misses IMF loan target as UK says now

euronews 20-DEC-11

Rail fare hikes: Train ticket prices to jump 5.9% next year but figures hide even greater rises

dailymail 20-DEC-11

MPs say HMRC are 'too cosy' with the City

telegraph 20-DEC-11

Banks must ring-fence against risk, says George Osborne

independent 19-DEC-11

EU urges world to aid eurozone

RTERadio 19-DEC-11

National Audit Office to probe Northern Rock sale

independent 18-DEC-11

French are felled by triple whammy: Now it's Sarkozy who's out on a limb as UK banks pull funds, Germans side with Cameron and CLEGG attacks their PM

dailymail 17-DEC-11

The gall of Gaul! Now France's finance minister joins attack on British economy further exposing strained relations

dailymail 16-DEC-11

10:22 Financial services at risk from UK veto, says Noonan

irishtimes 14-DEC-11

UK dole queues lengthen as recession looms

euronews 14-DEC-11

Mary, scourge of shops?

independent 14-DEC-11

Landlords question Mary Portas' demand Town First planning rules

telegraph 13-DEC-11

Cameron to face MPs over EU veto

bbc 12-DEC-11

RBS report urges tougher rules on bank M&A, execs (Reuters)

news 12-DEC-11

09:41 New UN climate deal agreed at Durban talks

irishtimes 11-DEC-11

Nick Clegg attacks Cameron's EU treaty veto as bad for jobs and families

telegraph 11-DEC-11

EU summit: A day for Britain to salute David Cameron

dailymail 10-DEC-11

Libyan oil sector making gains

javno 09-DEC-11

Euro failure is 'luxury we can't afford,' Sarkozy warns

cnn 08-DEC-11

Highest paid bank bosses to have their pay revealed under new Treasury plans

dailymail 06-DEC-11

Nick Clegg 'sloganeering' over means testing pensioners

telegraph 05-DEC-11

Government 'making same mistakes as Labour' on poverty - JRF

24dash 01-DEC-11

Public sector strikes: 40% of schools open, full ambulance service, Heathrow running like a dream

dailymail 01-DEC-11

Eurozone ministers OK $10.7 billion Greek loan (AP)

news 29-NOV-11

Autumn Statement 2011: key points

telegraph 29-NOV-11

Union anger at plan for pay cap

bbc 29-NOV-11

Global recovery 'petering out' 10:17 OECD cuts growth forecasts and highlights threat of even more devastating downturns

irishtimes 28-NOV-11

Autumn Statement: Osborne to unveil massive £5bn public works programme

dailymail 28-NOV-11

Belgium forms government as four eurozone states plan bond auctions

guardian 27-NOV-11

Autumn Statement 2011: Government to underwrite £40bn in loans in attempt to kick-start economy

telegraph 27-NOV-11

Free schools set for extra £600m

bbc 26-NOV-11

Nuclear waste train prompts protests

euronews 25-NOV-11

Nick Clegg: Tackling youth unemployment 'is the best way to spend public money'

telegraph 25-NOV-11

Green Deal to roll out £14 billion for energy improvements

24dash 24-NOV-11

Iran nuclear sanctions 'in vain'

bbc 22-NOV-11

U.S. to announce 'new steps' against Iran

montrealgazette 21-NOV-11

First-time buyers could see deposits slashed to 5% under Cameron's £400m plan to underwrite mortgages

dailymail 21-NOV-11

Firms revise investment plans as confidence falls

telegraph 20-NOV-11

Eurozone crisis: Do Germans want to save the euro or not?

dailymail 19-NOV-11

Virgin Money to take £250m cash in Northern Rock deal

telegraph 19-NOV-11

PM and Merkel agree to disagree over Europe

thesun 18-NOV-11

Northern Rock - a deal Sir Richard Branson may come to regret

dailymail 18-NOV-11

Northern Rock bank sold to Virgin

bbc 17-NOV-11

Bank's warning on lending raises new credit crunch fears

dailymail 17-NOV-11

Ditch APD to promote growth, Chancellor urged

telegraph 17-NOV-11

UK inflation preview: what the economists say

telegraph 15-NOV-11

MPs to rebel on petrol duty rises but figures reveal tax has fallen as proportion of total fuel price

dailymail 15-NOV-11

Osborne: Referendum causing harm

bbc 13-NOV-11

MoD denies wounded job cut plan

bbc 12-NOV-11

[-said]: Of course rewards for failure are unacceptable — and those who believe in the free market are the first to say so, but a strong, free market economy must be built on rewards for success

AP 08-FEB-12

[ said]: There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them,

iol 08-FEB-12

[-said]: There are those who are trying to create an antibusiness culture in Britain — and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many,

AP 08-FEB-12

[said:]: Of course we need to reform our banking system – and nobody has done more than this Government to address the too-big-to-fail problem that so offends every taxpayer.

express 08-FEB-12

[ said]: There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain -- and we have to stop them,

france24 08-FEB-12

[ claims]: exceptional performance

sundaymail 08-FEB-12

[said:]: There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain and we have to stop them.

sundaymail 08-FEB-12

[-said]: Let me say something about the row over bonuses and pay,

france24 08-FEB-12

[believes:]: environmental policies are a luxury that can only ever be afforded when times are good

guardian 07-FEB-12

[-said]: be abandoning the deficit plan that has brought us the stability other nations today crave,

bloomberg 06-FEB-12

[-has repeated]: We are accepting a significant degree of long-term economic and social damage. It's not primarily about bigger growth next year, it's about the long-run economic and social damage that we are deliberately doing - even in the OBR's own forecasts - because we don't want to take the sort of measures that [NIESR] has been talking about.

telegraph 03-FEB-12

[-believes that]: The IFS say that tackling the deficit is necessary; that without the government's deficit plan borrowing would be much higher; and that any fiscal stimulus big enough to make a difference would undermine investor confidence and so risk higher interest rates.

guardian 02-FEB-12

[said:]: RBS came to symbolise everything that went wrong with the banking system.

thesun 01-FEB-12

[ said]: RBS symbolised everything that went wrong with the British economy in the past decade under Fred Goodwin,

smh 01-FEB-12

[said:]: I think we've got a special case here of the Royal Bank of Scotland symbolising everything that went wrong in the British economy over the last decade.

sundaymail 01-FEB-12

[said:]: I think we’ve got a special case here of the Royal Bank of Scotland symbolising everything that went wrong in the British economy over the last decade.

icWales 01-FEB-12

[said:]: RBS came to symbolise everything that went wrong in the British economy over the past decade.

guardian 31-JAN-12

[said:]: I think we've got a special case here of the <name id=

telegraph 31-JAN-12

[said:]: This is a sensible and welcome decision that enables Stephen Hester to focus on the very important job he has got to do, namely to get back billions of pounds of taxpayers' money that was put into RBS.

icWales 30-JAN-12

[ said]: This is a sensible and welcome decision that enables Stephen Hester to focus on the very important job he has got to do, namely to get back billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money that was put into RBS,

IHT 30-JAN-12

[claims:]: We are reducing welfare entitlements, imposing new conditionality on benefits and capping overall awards.

telegraph 30-JAN-12

[-said]: The fact that we're still, at the beginning of 2012, talking about Greece - again - is a sign that this problem has not been dealt with,

bbc 30-JAN-12

[said:]: This is a sensible and welcome decision that enables Stephen Hester to focus on the very important job he has got to do, namely to get back billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money that was put into RBS.

icWales 30-JAN-12

[ said]: This is a sensible and welcome decision that enables Stephen Hester to focus on the very important job he has got to do, namely to get back billions of pounds of taxpayers' money that was put into RBS,

independent 30-JAN-12

[ said]: I think the euro zone leaders understand that,

gorkhapatra 29-JAN-12

[-said]: The fact we're still at the beginning of 2012 talking about Greece is a sign this problem hasn't been dealt with,

btimescom 29-JAN-12

[-said]: The fact we’re still at the beginning of 2012 talking about Greece is a sign this problem hasn’t been dealt with,

bloomberg 29-JAN-12

[agreed that:]: there is a case for more IMF resources,

wsj 28-JAN-12

[said:]: The alternatives of either a larger bonus of the kind he would have got a couple of years ago, or the British Government taking over the running of RBS and putting even more taxpayers’ money at risk, I think would have been worse for the British people.

icWales 28-JAN-12

[-said]: color of their money.

news 28-JAN-12

[-said]: When taxpayers’ money is at risk in a crisis this legislation gives the Chancellor (of the Exchequer) the power to direct the Bank of England to act,

dailytimesPK 28-JAN-12

[said:]: Independent central banks should not be put under pressure to do what governments do not have the courage to do on their own account.

icWales 28-JAN-12

[added:]: We can come on and talk about IMF resources, and I think there is a case for increasing IMF resources, and I think that would also be a way of demonstrating that the world wants to help together solve the world's problems.

icWales 28-JAN-12

[-said]: During normal times, the independent Bank of England will be responsible for prudential regulation and systemic stability, accountable to Parliament,

bloomberg 27-JAN-12

[ said]: During normal times the independent Bank of England will be responsible for prudential regulation and systemic stability, accountable to parliament. But in a crisis, when taxpayers' money is at risk, both the responsibility and crucially the power to act will rest with the chancellor of the day,

guardian 27-JAN-12

[said:]: They were determined by the board of RBS under arrangements set up by the previous government.

telegraph 27-JAN-12

[said:]: The alternatives would have been worse for the taxpayer. 'Either there would have been a much larger bonus, of the kind he would have got a few years ago. Or the British Government would have had to take over complete ownership of RBS and over-ruled the board, and I think that would have cost the taxpayer more as well.

dailymail 27-JAN-12

[-told]: In the end [Hester] was hired after the crash to sort out the problems at RBS. He was asked to shrink by my predecessor the size of its balance sheet and the size of its workforce,

ibtimes 27-JAN-12

[-added that]: The astonishing result was that RBS was allowed to take over ABN Amro when the credit markets had already frozen up.

guardian 27-JAN-12

[added:]: The alternatives [to the Hester payout] would have been worse for the taxpayer. Either there would have been a much larger bonus, of the kind he would have got a few years ago. Or the British government would have had to take over complete ownership of RBS and over-ruled the board, and I think that would have cost the taxpayer more as well.

guardian 27-JAN-12

[added:]: There will be no ambiguity about who is in charge.

ananova 27-JAN-12

[said was:]: incoherent

bbc 27-JAN-12

[-added]: He is doing those things, and in the end, according to the arrangements we've created, it's got to be up to the board to make the decision on the bonus he receives,

ibtimes 27-JAN-12

[-said]: Independent central banks should not be put under pressure to do what governments do not have the courage to do on their own account,

bloomberg 27-JAN-12

[said:]: I am today publishing the Financial Services Bill that will overhaul the failed system of financial regulation which allowed such dangerous levels of leverage to emerge.

guardian 27-JAN-12

[said:]: These are disappointing figures about what happened to the economy at the end of last year, but they are not entirely unexpected because of what's happening in the world and what's happening in the eurozone crisis.

sundaymail 25-JAN-12

[said:]: These are disappointing figures about what happened to the economy at the end of last year, but they are not entirely unexpected because of what's happening in the world and what's happening in the eurozone crisis. 'And they are similar to what our independent forecaster predicted in November. Now Britain has substantial economic problems, debt built up over the past 10 years, and we are dealing with those, but the truth is that dealing with those problems is made more difficult by the situation in the euro

dailymail 25-JAN-12

[-admitted]: It's a social and economic imperative the Chancellor does something about it in the Budget in March.

thesun 25-JAN-12

[insisted:]: Britain has substantial debts. If we don't deal with those debts, our problems will be worse.

independent 25-JAN-12

[-said]: Britain has substantial debts and if we don't deal with those debts our economic problems will be substantially worse,

news_com_au 25-JAN-12

[-said]: These are disappointing figures ... but they are not entirely unexpected, because of what's happening in the world and what's happening in the euro zone crisis,

ibtimes 25-JAN-12

[-said]: Britain has substantial economic problems, debt built up over the past 10 years, and we are dealing with those, but the truth is that dealing with those problems is made more difficult by the situation in the eurozone,

news 25-JAN-12

[-said]: I want Britain to set the standard for the next generation of high-speed rail -- for level of technology, quality of travel and value for money,

bloomberg 19-JAN-12

[said:]: If I felt it was a decent request by the IMF, then, of course, I would be willing to go to parliament and make that request.

guardian 18-JAN-12

[-said]: We welcome further Chinese investment in UK infrastructure opportunities in the coming decade,

ekantipur 18-JAN-12

[-said]: The eurozone has made progress in recent months, in particular the provision of liquidity to banks by the ECB,

khaleejtimes 18-JAN-12

[-told]: We talked specifically about the euro zone crisis and what we need to see from eurozone countries in dealing with that crisis,

euobserver 18-JAN-12

[-said]: Japan and Britain can work together through the G-20 and the IMF in helping reduce the instability in the world,

japantimes 18-JAN-12

[said:]: London and Hong Kong are uniquely placed to assist in the development of this exciting market

bbc 17-JAN-12

[-said]: London and Hong Kong are uniquely placed to assist in the development of this exciting market and, further to last summer's agreement, I am delighted that the financial services industries in both financial centers are working together to achieve this goal,

finanznachrichten 17-JAN-12

[-said]: Obviously people are anxious about the year ahead, and I understand that, but I would say there are some grounds for optimism,

chinadaily 17-JAN-12

[said:]: If it was a decent request by the IMF, I would be willing to go to Parliament.

themirror 17-JAN-12

[said:]: London and Hong Kong are uniquely placed to assist in the development of this exciting market.

bbc 16-JAN-12

[added:]: London and Hong Kong are uniquely placed to assist in the development of this exciting market and, further to last summer’s agreement, I am delighted that the financial services industries in both financial centres are working together to achieve this goal.

egovmonitor 16-JAN-12

[-wrote]: It is no coincidence that my first international visit in 2012 is to Asia. While the European economy is struggling, Asia is growing at a remarkable pace,

egovmonitor 16-JAN-12

[-said]: I believe that we can make Britain the home of Asian investment and Asian finance in Europe,

euronews 16-JAN-12

[ said]: It's clear that there's scope for substantial expansion of the renminbi market in coming years,

ChinaPost 16-JAN-12

[-told]: There's a very specific opportunity for Britain as China grows as an economy,

guardian 16-JAN-12

[-told]: I would say almost more so than the downgrading, the ongoing uncertainty about how they are going to write off some of the private sector debt in Greece is an almost greater source of instability at the moment in the euro zone,

iol 16-JAN-12

[ said]: A richer, stronger Asia is an opportunity for the world, not a threat,

channelnewsasia 16-JAN-12

[-said]: The euro zone has made progress in recent months, in particular the provision of liquidity to banks by the ECB,

news 16-JAN-12

[-said]: London is perfectly placed to act as a gateway for Asian banking and investment in Europe,

egovmonitor 16-JAN-12

[said:]: We will be removing child benefit from higher-rate taxpayers. We haven't set out how we're going to implement that and we're going to do that in the next few months.

guardian 14-JAN-12

[said:]: We will be removing child benefit from higher rate taxpayers. We haven't set out how we're going to implement that and we're going to do that in the next few months.

guardian 14-JAN-12

[replied:]: Alex Salmond has said Scotland should join the euro - that means giving up the pound, joining the euro. That is not the currency I'd be wanting to join at a time like this.

express 13-JAN-12

Watson [said:]: Hundreds of thousands of council tenants have forgone improvements to their homes as a result of George Osborne’s cuts.

themirror 06-FEB-12

Montgomerie [-wrote]: (Conservative finance minister) George Osborne will certainly see the change as an opportunity to kick some green policies into the longer grass,

trust 03-FEB-12

Ed Balls [said:]: The time has come for Cameron and Osborne to realise that cutting spending and raising taxes has backfired.

themirror 25-JAN-12

Howard Archer [ said]: There remains a very real danger that Mr Osborne will before long face the difficult decision of accepting further slippage in his fiscal targets, or imposing more fiscal tightening on a struggling economy,

independent 25-JAN-12

Howard Archer [ said]: There remains a very real danger that the Chancellor (Osborne) will before long face the difficult decision of accepting further slippage in his fiscal targets, or imposing more fiscal tightening on a struggling economy,

ibtimes 24-JAN-12

Douglas Carswell [added:]: George Osborne needs to get a grip. We backed Christine Lagarde to be head of the IMF — the French finance minister who presided over the mess that has seen her country lose its triple-A rating.

thesun 19-JAN-12

Allan [said:]: Labour has not yet gained the political advantage in the austerity debate. The polling evidence so far shows that Labour is not reaping the benefits for predicting that George Osborne's policies would not work, because most people blame Labour for the country's debt predicament in the first place.

guardian 02-JAN-12

Kendall [said:]: If George Osborne and Vince Cable are looking for industrial sectors to kick-start growth and rebalance the economy then they should start by looking at farming.

icWales 30-DEC-11

Douglas Carswell [said:]: George Osborne has spent 20 months going along with the bail-out and borrow consensus.

telegraph 18-DEC-11

White [ says]: It's all very well talking the story about manufacturing driving us out of recession, but I imagine if George Osborne was sitting with me now and I asked him how, he wouldn't be able to tell me,

guardian 01-DEC-11

Jonathan Loynes [ said]: Looking ahead, we expect further growth downgrades to push the borrowing forecasts even higher in future budgets and statements, deepening concerns about the U.K.'s fiscal position and testing Mr. Osborne's commitment to his own rules,

news 29-NOV-11

Jack Dromey [said:]: George Osborne is giving back only 10% of last year's £4bn cut to housing investment to build just 3,200 affordable homes.

ananova 21-NOV-11

Jack Dromey [said:]: George Osborne is giving back only 10% of last year's £4 billion cut to housing investment to build just 3,200 affordable homes.

ananova 21-NOV-11

John Swinney [said:]: This is George Osborne’s absurd, scaremongering response to Tories complaining about Scotland’s success in attracting inward investment.

express 14-NOV-11

Howard Archer [ said]: The September public finance figures provided some very welcome good news for (Finance Minister) George Osborne,

ChinaPost 21-OCT-11

Paul Kenny [said:]: These figures show that the Government’s strategy for an economic recovery is in tatters. George Osborne has the economic literacy of a stick of rhubarb.

icWales 20-OCT-11

Benn [-told]: George Osborne used to complain not that we weren't doing enough on the banks but that we were being too tough on them. He was wrong and we'll take no lectures from him.

guardian 29-SEP-11

Balls [said:]: If George Osborne really wants to sort this out, he should get round the table and have serious discussions with the trade unions.

independent 27-SEP-11

Ed Balls [said:]: Millions of struggling families and pensioners on middle and low incomes will wonder why the only tax rise or spending cut George Osborne is willing to reconsider is the top rate of tax for the very richest.

bbc 07-SEP-11

Ed Balls [said:]: It's time George Osborne got out of his denial and admitted that Britain now faces a growth crisis, as a senior minister let slip this week. And he should listen to the head of the IMF and one of the largest investment funds in the world [Pimco]who have warned that cutting too far and too fast risks economic recovery.

bbc 06-SEP-11

Balls [added:]: I have to say that if I were George Osborne at the moment, totally on the defensive on my failing economic plans, I would think there’s nothing better than a book, a memoir, some revisiting of the past.

icWales 02-SEP-11

Balls [said:]: I have to say that if I were George Osborne at the moment, totally on the defensive on my failing economic plans, I would think there's nothing better than a book, a memoir, some revisiting of the past.

independent 01-SEP-11

Balls [said:]: In Britain we should have secured last year's recovery. However George Osborne's (Finance secretary) policies have now kicked in, abolishing jobs programmes, raising VAT, destroying confidence - and our economy has flat-lined.

kuna 07-AUG-11

Balls [said last night:]: The problem in Britain is that George Osborne's plan is not working. By trying to go too far and too fast, confidence has been knocked and last year's recovery has been choked off. The government's reaction to the credit rating agency's downgrade is once again deeply complacent.

telegraph 07-AUG-11

Balls [-told]: When there is a hurricane you do not rip the foundations out of your own house. That is exactly what George Osborne has done,

MailGuardian 02-AUG-11

Balls [ said]: George Osborne hailed this flagship policy last year saying it could create 800,000 private sector jobs. But it's turned out to be a total flop with just 1pc of the 400,000 businesses George Osborne said would benefit taking advantage,

telegraph 31-JUL-11

Ed Balls [said:]: George Osborne hailed this flagship policy last year saying it could create 800,000 private sector jobs. But it's turned out to be a total flop.

telegraph 30-JUL-11

Balls [ said]: These figures show that last year's recovery has been recklessly choked off by George Osborne's VAT rise and spending review,

egovmonitor 27-JUL-11

Balls [ said]: At a time of global uncertainty, George Osborne’s rash decision to hike up VAT in January and cut further and faster than any other major economy has caused confidence to fall and the economy to flatline since the autumn,

icWales 27-JUL-11

Balls [said:]: He ripped up the foundations of the house as the global economic hurricane was brewing, undermining our recovery well before the recent problems in the eurozone and America and leaving us dangerously exposed if things now go wrong there. Instead of clutching at excuses like too much snow in winter and too much sun in the spring, George Osborne needs to realise he only has himself to blame for the choices he made a year ago.

independent 27-JUL-11

John Mann [said:]: Whilst we now have a list of meetings that George Osborne has had with News International, it is not enough. We now need full access, including the publishing of the minutes from these meetings.

guardian 26-JUL-11

Balls [said:]: Instead of clutching at excuses like too much snow in winter and too much sun in the spring, George Osborne needs to realise he only has himself to blame for the choices he made a year ago.

guardian 26-JUL-11

Balls [added:]: That's why trade union leaders must avoid George Osborne's trap. He wants them to think that going on strike is the only option and the best way to win the argument.

bbc 19-JUN-11

Balls [said:]: George Osborne risks joining the ranks of chancellors, finance ministers and economists who should have known better, but allowed political imperatives to trump economic realities.

channel4news 16-JUN-11

Archer [added:]: But if the economy continues to struggle for an extended period, Mr Osborne will clearly need to think very seriously about providing the economy with some help or he will risk facing weak growth and slower fiscal consolidation anyway because of the impact of extended weak growth on the public finances.

heraldscotland 09-JUN-11

Balls [added:]: However much George Osborne and the IMF hope this is just a temporary blip, the cautious thing to do is not to wait and see and hope for the best, but get a plan B now. We need a balanced deficit plan that puts jobs and growth first, not a rash and extreme plan that increasingly looks like it isn't working.

guardian 07-JUN-11

Rob Carnell [ said]: Markets had been expecting something even worse, following reports that the Chancellor George Osborne, had described economic conditions as ‘difficult’ following his advance viewing of the data,

hurriyetdailynews 27-APR-11

Ed Balls [said:]: These figures show an economy that has flatlined since the autumn. By making a political choice to cut further and faster than any other major economy this Conservative-led government has choked off the recovery when it should have been secured and pushed up unemployment too. In the six months since George Osborne's spending review and VAT rise the economy has ground to a complete halt and not grown at all. In contrast, in the previous six months, the economy grew by 1.8 per cent. Moreover the economy has f

channel4news 27-APR-11

Balls [-said]: If George Osborne thinks zero growth over six months is good news and a sign that the recovery is on track, then he is out of touch and out of his depth,

guardian 27-APR-11

Cameron [said:]: The point George Osborne made, that the Electoral Reform Society is a big funder of the yes campaign, that it has an organisation that could make money out of it, that's a fact, and I think there's nothing wrong with bringing that fact out.

guardian 18-APR-11

Cameron [said:]: The point that George Osborne made that the Electoral Reform Society is a big funder of the

independent 17-APR-11

Balls [said:]: George Osborne is once again playing fast and loose with international comparisons to score political points.

guardian 16-APR-11

Charles Kennedy [said:]: I am surprised George Osborne made these comments.

thesun 13-APR-11

Balls [-said]: As the commission itself says, international agreement is vital – but so far George Osborne has failed to show the leadership we need on the world stage,

guardian 11-APR-11

Johnson [said:]: The pain will be greater but George Osborne won’t actually have to go back and take more money from people’s pockets.

telegraph 24-MAR-11

John Sauven [said:]: The Prime Minister claimed he would lead the greenest Government ever, but George Osborne and his officials have crafted a Budget that sabotages that ambition. There’s almost nothing in this Budget to protect the environment and spark a clean-tech jobs boom.

heraldscotland 24-MAR-11

Balls [said:]: George Osborne is, in a blinkered way, carrying on regardless of what people know is the reality which is that he took an economy which was recovering, unemployment was coming down and he decided instead to dramatically change course to try to get rid of the deficit entirely in one parliament.

bbc 24-MAR-11

Mark Serwotka [said:]: The latest inflation figures are another timely reminder that, beyond the bubble of privilege inhabited by Chancellor George Osborne and other millionaire Cabinet members, real people's living standards are under severe pressure.

icWales 23-MAR-11

John Sauven [said:]: The Prime Minister claimed he would lead the greenest government ever, but George Osborne and his officials have crafted a Budget that sabotages that ambition.

independent 23-MAR-11

Mark Serwotka [said:]: The latest inflation figures are another timely reminder that, beyond the bubble of privilege inhabited by Chancellor George Osborne and other millionaire cabinet members, real people's living standards are under severe pressure.

belfasttelegraph 23-MAR-11

Balls [said:]: George Osborne's plan is not working, we are not getting the jobs and growth we need to get the deficit down and deal with the competitive challenges.

TheScotsman 21-MAR-11

Balls [-says]: You can't blame George Osborne for the rise in world oil prices but you can blame him for the rise in VAT. He could come into parliament on Monday and reduce VAT on petrol prices.

sundaymail 10-MAR-11

Cameron [-replied]: Once we do get people to believe we are sincere – and our values are properly aligned – we can be as robust and reformist as we like about public services (which George [Osborne] has rightly defined as a core part of the future Conservative proposition).

guardian 15-FEB-11