George Osborne ‘to miss out on big windfall’ from sale of investment bank Former chancellor is now partner at Robey Warshaw but is expected to move to part-time role, report says The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
Queen Elizabeth II privately opposed Brexit, new book claims The claims are made in Power and the Palace, a forthcoming book by royal biographer Valentine Low Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2025
OPINION - Landlord woes - how a nightmare tenant turned my lovely flat into a cannabis factory The beginning of the end came early one Saturday morning. We were sitting in the departures zone at Stansted airport, waiting to board a red-eye flight for a family birthday reunion early last year. But something was wrong with our bank account. One of our tenants had just paid his… Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025
JD Vance in the Cotswolds Continues to Annoy Locals – 'Woke' Staff at Trendy Pub Allegedly Refuse to Serve Him US Vice-President JD Vance's Cotswolds holiday was upended by a staff mutiny that forced a Cotswolds pub to cancel his dinner booking, part of a week marked by protests, intrusive security, and satirical mockery. International Business Times UK · Aug 15, 2025
Voices: George Osborne is right – Britain can’t afford to ignore the new cryptocurrencies INSIDE BUSINESS: Former chancellor warns the UK against abandoning the global crypto race, says James Moore – and, when it comes to loosening consumer protection rules, he may have a point The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025
George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom Ex-chancellor criticises hesitant approach to crypto and warns country in danger of missing next surge in market The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025
George Osborne's M&A advisory firm Robey Warshaw sold for £146m The former Chancellor joined Robey Warshaw in 2021 after leaving the Evening Standard Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025
Acoba axed: how the post-ministerial jobs watchdog proved ‘next to useless’ Advisory Committee on Business Appointments could do little more to enforce rules than write letters The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025
Voices: There’s more to the Bayeux Tapestry loan deal than meets the eye… COMMENT: Arranging for the historic depiction of the Norman Conquest, the Battle of Hastings and the killing of King Harold to ‘come home’ for the first time in 900 years is nothing short of a diplomatic triumph – but could it also open the door to the British Museum handing… The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025
George Osborne was on No 10 list to be UK ambassador to US, Keir Starmer’s biographer says Sources confirm claim likely to cast further doubt among Labour MPs about judgment of Downing Street aides The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025
Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits A change in the two-child benefit cap is now less likely The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2025
In Pictures: Tearful politicians showing their sensitive side Rachel Reeves became tearful during PMQs on Wednesday, but she’s far from the first politician to cry over the years. Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025
Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – as it happened Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improved The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025
There hasn’t been a ‘big chancellor’ since Osborne: IFS chief gives final mark As he steps down after 14 years, Paul Johnson says politicians and voters refuse to accept economic tradeoffs The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025 Voices: The spending review will reveal how far the government has been blown off course COMMENT: In her last-man-standing battle with the Treasury, Yvette Cooper has shone a light on how Starmer’s administration is now quietly tacking to the left, says Sean O’Grady
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025 Wake-up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer NEWS ANALYSIS: Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin
The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025 Mel Stride promises the Tories won’t repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss – except they already have It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large,…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025 Truss should be banned from ever running as Tory candidate again to show ‘we get it’, says former minister – as it happened Conservative party urged to ‘draw a line’ under the Liz Truss era and never again endorse her as candidate
The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025 Voices: Calling David Cameron a ‘man baby’ for resigning over Brexit is childish COMMENT: The personal barbs in a new, behind-the-scenes memoir offer a fittingly pathetic caricature of the Conservatives’ big beasts, says Sean O’Grady – they are also a reminder of how the party is the biggest Brexit loser of all
Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025 OPINION - Rivalry, resentment, entitlement and a girl crush — the extracts from Sarah Vine’s memoir remind us what really matters in politics Forget every other reading matter – put down your 250th anniversary copy of Pride and Prejudice and toss Bill Clinton’s thriller, First Gentleman, to one side – because the required reading right now is the extracts now being published from Sarah Vine’s memoir, How Not to be a Political Wife.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2025 Ready to ‘enjoy a few beers’ with Nigel Farage, leftwing hero? This is what Labour has left us with Britain’s most talented opportunist now claims Reform is the ‘party of the workers’. He’s occupying terrain wilfully vacated by Keir Starmer, says author Samuel Earle
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025 Hubris, crisis and scandal: how the NatWest ‘soap opera’ unfolded From Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin to Nigel Farage ousting the CEO, it’s been a bumpy ride for the now-privatised banking group, formerly RBS
The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2025 By delaying its child poverty plan, Labour has a chance to reverse 15 years of inequality As a former chancellor, I know this challenge can only be met in a budget. But Starmer and Reeves must not waste their chance, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 Why Canadians might want to beware what they have wished for with Mark Carney NEWS ANALYSIS: Mark Carney has pulled off a stunning victory in Canada but his legacy in the UK from his time as governor of the Bank of England is mixed, David Maddox writes
The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025 George Osborne and Ed Balls podcast censured for Viagogo promotion Regulator rejects claim by presenters that most events on the resale site had tickets selling at below face value