Sentences with phrase «u.k. chancellor of the exchequer»

Carney earned the reputation of being the best central banker in the world, at least in the estimation of the U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, who finally managed to persuade Carney to accept the appointment as governor of the Bank of England this week.

George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, has responded to the furore over Starbucks, Google and Amazon by promising to use the country's imminent chairmanship of the G8 club of rich countries to wage war on tax havens.

Austen became leader of the House, chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary.

«The chancellor of the exchequer has lashed himself to the mast,» Miliband says, apparently referring to the economy.

12:21 - Apropos of almost nothing, Cameron remarks at the end of one question: «When I have a meeting with the chancellor of the exchequer, it's nothing like going to the dentist and there's no need for anaesthetic.»

This seems to be the case with the chancellor of the exchequer's autumn Budget statement.

«I'm guaranteeing for the next three years - and I've agreed this with the chancellor of the exchequer - that funding per - pupil will keep rising for every school - in fact, it will rise on average by more than 2 %, that's more than cost pressures.»

So, for all the talk of wooing the Liberal Democrats, history suggests we shouldn't bet the mortgage on Vince Cable being the next chancellor of the exchequer.

In the space of three years he went from being lauded as the UK's most successful chancellor of the exchequer who had declared the «end of boom and bust» and «the beginning of a new Golden Age» to presiding over a country in a debilitating credit crunch amid Labour in - fighting, a breakdown in relations with many colleagues including his chancellor, and ultimately a failure to dissuade the electorate against the Tory / Lib Dem mantra that Labour allowed it all to go wrong.

And in the recent budget, the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, spoke about increasing the numbers again which could mean more to come.

She said: «I've decided to take up a position as special advisor to the chancellor of the exchequer.

Restoration of the 50p tax band (proposed by former Labour Leader Gordon Brown and his chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling in their 2010 budget);

The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has delivered the financial package he hopes will convince voters to deliver a Conservative majority in May 2015.

Befitting its status as the senior coalition partner, contributing 306 of the coalition's original 363 MPs, and both the prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer, the Conservative Party provided the the primary inspiration for the programme for government that ensued from the negotiations between the two parties.

David Lloyd George, the chancellor of the exchequer, played a pivotal role in the British reaction to the 1914 crisis.

«I give you the next chancellor of the exchequer,» she said.

Alistair Darling, chancellor of the exchequer, Channel 4 News, 25 November 2008

There has never been a female chancellor of the exchequer.

Among his impressive array of younger talent, who have proved themselves in opposition, are Gordon Brown who becomes chancellor of the exchequer, and Tony Blair, who becomes home secretary.

Denis Healey, his defence secretary and chancellor of the exchequer, said Harold Wilson never gave the Labour party any sense of direction.

«I expect that sort of language from the sketch writers of the Daily Mail, not from the chancellor of the exchequer.»

Linking the government's ability to undertake this sort of massive spending project to the success of austerity, George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, suggested the programme will have widespread benefits.

«It is, perhaps, the one thing I'm most proud of,» the chancellor of the exchequer has said, but will the new national living wage work or will the risks overwhelm it?

He said: «The sadness of George Osborne is that he is a formidably able man, he served with distinction as chancellor of the exchequer, and has decided since leaving Parliament to emulate a rather less successful Edward Heath.»

The Labour politicians who founded the SDP — the «Gang of Four» — were «big beasts»: Roy Jenkins had formerly been deputy party leader, chancellor of the exchequer, home secretary and president of the European Commission.

The chancellor of the exchequer should come back to Parliament and explain that.

But in fact the quote usually given is only the second part of what he said when, as chancellor of the exchequer, Disraeli wound up the debate on the Budget on 15 December 1852.

Leaving the EU could put # 250bn of British trade at risk, former chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has claimed, saying negotiating new free - trade deals with key export markets could take an average of six years.

After Sir Gideon Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer, had announced his sudden conversion to cheaper petrol, she had been sent on to Newsnight to defend the decision.

«I can't see what the relevance of this is to the chancellor of the exchequer,» he said.

2015 will see former chancellor of the exchequer and Scotland no vote campaigner exit the House of Commons

The upcoming emergency budget will offer the chancellor of exchequer, George Osborne, an opportunity to set up his stall as an unofficial candidate to the leadership of the Conservative Party.

The former chancellor of the exchequer, Lord Lawson, has called for the UK to leave the European Union.

The shorthand caricature of the new chancellor of the exchequer is that he is the ultimate safe pair of hands in government: a hardworking, technocratic colleague who will happily and conscientiously take good care of tricky ministries.

Alistair Darling, chancellor of the exchequer, speech to Labour conference, 22 September 2008

A true heavyweight, the former chancellor of the exchequer is a highly thoughtful and capable politician.

Job losses «inevitable» When questioned this morning about the impact of the deficit - reduction measure on jobs, the chancellor of the exchequer said the «vast majority» would take the form of unfilled posts.

The former chancellor of the exchequer, Lord Lawson, has outlined the reasons why he has called for the UK to leave the European Union.

The Cabinet appointees are: • Nick Clegg (Lib Dem): deputy prime minister • George Osborne (Cons): chancellor of the exchequer • William Hague (Cons): foreign secretary • Theresa May (Cons): home secretary, minister for women • Liam Fox (Cons): defence secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baroness Warsi

If there were an election for chancellor of the exchequer in these key seats, Vince Cable would beat George Osborne and Alistair Darling hands down.

«It is agreed by the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the chancellor of the exchequer, and actually the secretary of state, Michael Gove, has agreed this policy.

Officials at the Caribbean Tourism Organisation have welcomed a decision by UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne to cut Air Passenger Duty on long - haul flights departing from Northern Ireland.

The move was revealed earlier by Phillip Hammond, chancellor of the exchequer, in the autumn budget.

On Wednesday, the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, and culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, are coming to Tate Britain to mark the launch of Legacy10, a new, independent campaign to turn a tax break announced in the last budget into a game - changer for fundraisers.

I think Nigel Lawson (former British chancellor of the exchequer 1983 - 89) sums the story to date rather nicely here:

Every year since 1976 they have written to the chancellor of the exchequer before each budget about a tax problem and asked for the rules to be changed.

On 20 November 2007 the chancellor of the exchequer made a statement to the House of Commons about what he described as «an extremely serious failure» at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

That will not be the case but for the first time the lord chief justice will have direct access to the chancellor of the exchequer and be able to put the views of the judiciary to him about the level of funding to be made available.