Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy The Guardian - UK · 7h ago
Badenoch revives one of the Tories’ most popular policies – but is anyone listening? ANALYSIS : Tory leader takes inspiration from George Osborne’s 2007 speech in a bid to win back voters – but it might not be enough to turn the party’s fortunes around, as political editor David Maddox explains The Independent UK · 11h ago
Mary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestry Classicist and museum trustee visited the line after people complained of waiting for hours, with some turned away The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Scottish independence referendum not on the table, minister insists after Burnham’s Brexit pledge Fresh questions over Scottish independence come after first ministers of the UK’s three devolved nations met in Cardiff last month to declare jointly that ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end’ The Independent UK · Oct 4
Brexit to take centre stage in battle for London Exclusive: Former foreign secretary Sir James Cleverly toldThe Independent’s political editor David Maddox why he is happy to make rejoining the EU an election issue in the London mayoral race The Independent UK · Oct 3
The interview that influenced Burnham’s bombshell EU announcement IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 30
Half of Reform voters think Britain should have closer ties to the EU, poll shows The polling comes after Andy Burnham admitted he is open to reversing Brexit, insisting he could go ‘all the way’ in proposing to rejoin the European Union The Independent UK · Sep 30
UK's Burnham floats going ‘all the way’ and rejoining the EU The British Prime Minister has said he will weigh a “range of options” for the future relationship with the European Union, including the prospect of rejoining the bloc. Euronews · Sep 30
How Osborne’s Independent interview persuaded Burnham to reconsider customs union The prime minister quoted the former chancellor’s interview with The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig when he explained his options to fix Brexit The Independent UK · Sep 30
Even George Osborne might be a nimby if an AI datacentre was built next to his home Letters: The quality of life for people living next to one would be destroyed, writes Moira Brewer; plus a letter from Mark Davis The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Labour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try Turning to George Osborne’s playbook may look awkward, but cutting deposits to 2.5% could jolt a housebuilding sector stuck in a funk The Guardian - UK · Sep 28
Do the British Museum’s links with Palantir and BP bring it into disrepute? Letter: Dr Chris Garrard responds to an article about George Osborne assuming that Palantir founder Peter Thiel’s visit to view the Bayeux tapestry would remain secret The Guardian - UK · Sep 28
Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian The Guardian - UK · Sep 26
Plans are under way to finally help Britain’s unemployed young people – will Labour pull it off? Alan Milburn is preparing to implement his report to bring young people back into work. Let’s hope the government will see it through, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
The Independent UK · Sep 24 Talks over returning Elgin Marbles to Greece ‘collapse’ Greece’s prime minister said country would not accept ‘any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23 Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22 OpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19 George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’ British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15 Help-to-buy scheme delivered ‘very high value for money’, review finds Exclusive: George Osborne’s programme to reduce costs for first-time buyers delivered £25bn in social value in UK last year
Evening Standard · Sep 13 George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union The former chancellor said that Brexit has been “a mess” and that Britain’s economy has “gone off a cliff” as a result
Evening Standard · Sep 13 Former chancellor George Osborne says Britain should rejoin customs union He deemed Brexit ‘a mess’ and said the UK needs to rebuild links with the EU.
The Independent UK · Sep 12 George Osborne is right – we need a closer bond with the rest of Europe Editorial: In an exclusive interview with The Independent, the former chancellor breaks the ‘conspiracy of silence’ about a customs union with the EU
The Independent UK · Sep 12 George Osborne’s Brexit warning as Britain’s economy has ‘fallen off a cliff’ IN FULL
The Independent UK · Sep 12 Britain must rejoin EU customs union to recover Brexit’s economic losses, George Osborne says Britain must rejoin the EU's customs union if it is to recover the economic losses caused by Brexit, George Osborne has said.
The Independent UK · Sep 12 Brexit was like Battle of Hastings defeat – rejoining EU body will fix it, says George Osborne THE TALK SHOW: The former chancellor and chair of the British Museum tells The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig that much like the Bayeux Tapestry, which he has just brought to Britain, Brexit is not the end of the story