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The Latest Breaking News from George Osborne

George Osborne takes role with ‘most exciting company in the world’ OpenAI

The former chancellor is leaving his job with investment bank Evercore to take up the role.

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025

George Osborne joins OpenAI: ex-chancellor adds tech post to his CV

Former Tory chancellor tasked with helping ChatGPT owner develop ties with governments

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025

Burning questions on scented candles

Brief letters: Hosting advice | George Osborne’s expertise | Stolen museum artefacts | Stages of ageing | US travel or letter published?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2025

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Friday briefing: After constant leaks and a resignation, is the OBR still fit for purpose?

In today’s newsletter: Critics say the OBR’s growing influence has outpaced its accountability, raising questions about whether it serves the public, the Treasury, or the markets

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

HSBC has a new chair but the succession process should have been slicker

This is the UK’s second-largest listed company, and the European bank most exposed to declining US-China relations

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

OBR chief’s exit may ease pressure on Rachel Reeves but the battle isn’t over

With the row deepening over budget leaks, who is most likely to replace Richard Hughes in the increasingly thankless role of chair?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

London Zoo chief resigns amid investigation into ‘unacceptable workplace behaviour’

Matthew Gould stepped down as head of the Zoological Society of London after an internal probe found his conduct fell below expected standards

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2025

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London zoo boss quits amid claims of ‘unacceptable workplace behaviour’

Exclusive: Matthew Gould, close friend of George Osborne and former envoy, resigns before investigation concludes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early

By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Peter Mandelson faces £300 fine after urinating in Notting Hill street

Kensington and Chelsea council confirmed it was investigating after the Labour peer admitted urinating against a garden wall

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

Former chancellor George Osborne reportedly in running to be chairman of HSBC

The former London Standard editor is said to be a surprising candidate for the position

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Gordon Brown calls for ‘total abolition’ of two-child benefit cap to tackle ‘scar’ of poverty in Britain

The former Labour leader and chancellor issued a stark warning to the current government

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Two-child limit not policy for workshy and must be banished, says Gordon Brown

Campaigners argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Budget tax hikes should be coupled with major reform, Osborne says

Tory ex-chancellor George Osborne conceded large reforms to the tax system can be difficult politically as he pointed to his 2012 ‘pasty tax’ budget.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

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The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

George Osborne issues stark warning to Reeves over tax hikes

The former chancellor described the government as ‘constrained by its promise’ after Labour’s general election manifesto pledged to not increase VAT, national insurance or income tax

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Reeves aims to prepare voters and markets for possible budget tax rises

Speech attempts to take back narrative with talk of ‘years of economic mismanagement’, Brexit and tariffs

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025

Rachel Reeves ‘eyes tax raid on expensive homes’ in crunch Budget

Mansions and other high value houses in Labour chancellor’s sights as she prepares for crucial Budget later this month

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Ministers can raise taxes if they come out fighting. But no one in this cowardly Labour government seems able

Ahead of the budget, Rachel Reeves should be out making her arguments. Instead, there is silence – and a huge opportunity for Labour’s opponents, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2025

Surprise protests and pink champagne: inside the British Museum Ball

It was an eventful night at the museum for the international glitterati

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Rachel Reeves set to lift two-child benefit cap in Budget

Labour chancellor under pressure to scrap policy, brought in as part of the Tory government’s ‘austerity’ plans

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Overbaked prices? What a Greggs sausage roll and Pret meal deal say about how much Britons will pay

Food inflation pushes consumers to the limits of what they are willing to spend, costing retailers sales

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2025

The monarchy’s slow retreat from political influence

Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace is a study of how sovereigns and politicians have circled one another for two centuries. It is well-researched; flashes of brilliance sit alongside passages that feel well worn. Among the revelations in the book’s serialisation was the late Queen’s aside to George Osborne to…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as Britain’s US ambassador?

Keir Starmer may need to move quickly to appoint new envoy given Donald Trump’s imminent state visit

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

A banya with a billionaire, an undeclared loan and ‘pure poison’: the many scandals of Peter Mandelson

Despite his value to Starmer, the New Labour veteran has been forced into an extraordinary third resignation

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