All news on the topic: George Osborne

The former Prime Minister and his Chancellor are understood to be on the Covid Inquiry witness list next week, where they will likely face questions on how brutal Tory cuts undermined the NHS, social care and welfare state

The Covid pandemic isn’t ancient history, it is an ongoing nightmare – for those ill now as well as for many survivors

The furious ex-Cabinet Minister launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister in the latest twist in the bitter row over Boris Johnson's resignation honours

The Conservative stalwart, who unleashed devastating austerity cuts in 2010, told a Tory event: 'We are in charge of our country’s destiny and we should stop blaming others if we don’t get things right'

Public hearings into the UK's preparedness for the Covid-19 crisis will begin next week, just days after the inquiry became mired in controversy due to a bitter legal dispute over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

Stage one of the public inquiry will examine the UK's "resilience and preparedness" for the crisis, with ex-PM David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne set to appear.

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said the policy ushered in by austerity Tory ex-Chancellor George Osborne is 'absolutely keeping children in poverty'

Government is going to court to challenge a demand it hands over documents and evidence that will shine a light on its handling of the pandemic

The Tory austerity architect said 'anti-nanny state Conservatives' are 'not worth listening to' as he took aim at Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for delaying a ban on junk food advertising

In 2013, no one had heard of Daniel Blake yet. Now the North East, where the 2016 film shone a light on austerity, is a 'hot spot' for food parcels

The Tory Government's controversial austerity programme is expected to be examined by the Covid inquiry, as well as Exercise Cygnus - the codename of a 2016 simulation of major flu outbreak

Six years after the controversial policy - one of ex-Chancellor George Osborne's austerity measures - was first rolled out, a Child Poverty Action Group survey shows families struggling to pay food and energy

The Tories are telling you to tighten your belts, while stripping the state of its assets. Fleet Street Fox has the receipts

Greece has been disappointed once again after the Prime Minister refused a law change which would return the Elgin Marbles after they were taken from Athens' Parthenon Temple in the 19th century

Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock scrambled to save his political career in the hours after footage of him kissing aide Gino Coladangelo during the Covid pandemic

Those who lost loved ones to Covid will be reading these revelations with rage and disbelief. These messages must be examined in detail by the Covid Inquiry, which should report as soon as possible

The messages raise further serious questions about why ministers during the Covid pandemic failed to protect care home residents and why the testing regime was dogged by failures

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour leader warned Mr Sunak that at some point the 'irreconcilables' on the Tory backbenches will 'come after him'

Campaigners hailed the 'breakthrough moment' for the radical policy after a study tracked over 60 companies - from a chippy in Norfolk to a consultancy in Lancashire - in a six-month pilot

Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme

Campaigners have demanded that Mr Osborne, who unleashed a devastating assault on public services after the Conservatives took power in 2010, answers questions over whether this led to thousands of Covid deaths

George Osborne accused Boris Johnson of wanting to 'cause trouble' by challenging Rishi Sunak on Brexit. The Tory former chancellor said he would 'hit the PM over the head' over talks on Northern Ireland

Neil Kinnock gave his famous 'I warn you' speech just days before Margaret Thatcher won the 1983 general election by a landslide, 40 years later, he says his prophetic words are now "so close to reality"

The museum's chairman - former Tory austerity Chancellor George Osborne - has been engaged in negotiations over a possible deal with the Greek authorities for the 2,500-year-old cultural treasures