In most circumstances today's IMF report would be taken as a pretty damning indictment of the state of the economy and our prospects for recovery. However, because the IMF has stopped short of openly calling for a "plan B" the Chancellor's allies appear to be classifying this as a victory.

George Osborne has insisted his plan is working, telling business leaders "now is not the time to lose our nerve". Spending more to rejuvenate the ...

George Osborne has been criticised for failing to set out any concrete steps to promote economic growth or tackle tax avoidance during G7 talks, despi...

The big story of the day is that George Osborne has working tear ducts. The chancellor of the exchequer was caught on camera, at Margaret Thatcher's f...

Ed Balls has attacked George Osborne after he appeared to link the case of child killer Mick Philpott with the need to cut benefits, saying the minist...

From the working families who have to wait until 2015 for help with the costs of childcare, to a 2.4% drop in real wages over the lifetime of this parliament, life is getting more expensive and more difficult for most Britons.

Growth has ground to a halt, real wages are falling and more than 6m people want work but can't find it: yet our chancellor continues to fiddle - with beer duties and the pottery industry - as the British economy flatlines. The inconvenient truth is that George Osborne has become Labour's greatest electoral asset.

On the same day the Chancellor comes under extreme scrutiny for next year's Budget, George Osborne has chosen to join Twitter, the site where he can b...

George Osborne has been thwarted in his efforts to avert a controversial cap on bankers' bonuses. The Chancellor headed to Brussels on Tuesday morn...

The ten things you need to know on Monday 4 February 2013... 1) OSBORNE THE BANK BASHER Having cut corporation tax and the top rate of income ta...

George Osborne was playing host on Tuesday at the annual Christmas party in 11 Downing Street for the Starlight children's charity. And he looks w...

Meet David McAllister. He was last week mooted as Merkel’s heir apparent at Germany’s ruling conservative Christian Democratic Union party confere...

Two million unemployed and one million under-employed people; a construction industry mired in deepening slump; green energy suppliers ignored; retailers with few customers coming through the door - all these listened to a British Chancellor carefully today, and heard only one thing.

Chancellor George Osborne is to announce plans to slash an extra £10 bn from the welfare budget by 2016-17 at the Conservative Party Conference on Mo...

There are so many concerns surrounding Universal Credit Iain Duncan Smith probably won't have the time to address them all today But if he is to prevent public confidence slipping away completely there are five questions he must answer when he sits down in front of the Select Committee.

George Osborne has peaked in unpopularity according to a fresh poll, with just under half of voters wanting the Chancellor replaced in David Cameron's...

If George Osborne hoped that he would spend only a few awkward, post-Budget weeks navigating his sea of troubles before reaching calmer waters, YouGov's latest poll for the Sunday Times will come as a shock.

Labour is to try to pressure Chancellor George Osborne into scrapping a 3p rise in fuel duty due to take effect in August. Shadow chancellor Ed Bal...

Labour will today mount a fresh attempt to inflict political pain on the government over Chancellor George Osborne's Budget. Shadow chancellor Ed B...

George Osborne's "shock" upon discovering that some of the wealthiest people in the country pay "virtually no" income tax has been greeted by a mutual...

George Osborne has described being "shocked" to discover that some of the wealthiest people in the country pay "virtually no" income tax. The Chanc...