George Osborne Archives

George Osborne to live off new National Living Wage for trial period

Apr 1, 2016 | 2

In a forward looking move, the Treasury announced today that Chancellor George Osborne will be slashing his salary to £9.40 an hour, the new Living Wage Rate in London, for a four week period.

George Osborne takes long term view with eighth budget

Mar 16, 2016 | 0

George Osborne will unveil his eighth budget today, nearly one year into the first fully Conservative administration since 1997.

Robert Leeming: The ‘phony world’ of the living wage?

Dec 2, 2015 | 0

There is no doubt that George Osborne’s living wage, to be launched next year, is a policy with its heart in the right place. For example, more than three and a half million women, almost 30 percent of the female workforce, will receive a pay rise as a result of the legislation.

Spending Review: New apprenticeship levy to be set at 0.5% of employer pay bill

Nov 25, 2015 | 0

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has set the apprenticeships levy, to be launched in April 2017, at 0.5 percent of an employer pay bill in his Spending Review. The levy will only be imposed on firms with a pay roll that amounts to more than £3 million a year.