George Osborne

Bank fines boost for armed forces veterans
Wednesday 1 May 2013

ALMOST £600,000 in fines handed over to the Government for the Libor interest rate-fixing scandal is being used to help armed forces veterans suffering mental health problems.

Further backing for new Scottish currency
Tuesday 30 April 2013

TWO leading independence campaigners have spoken out against Alex Salmond's plan for a currency union with the UK if Scots vote to go it alone next year.

A cynical view of pensioners?
Tuesday 30 April 2013

WITH bus queues set to become much shorter due to the hordes of multi-millionaire pensioners handing back their bus passes, in one clearly thought-out and cogent pronouncement, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith seems set to clear the deficit with the huge savings this idea will garner ("Charity hits out at remarks over pensioners' benefits", The Herald, April 29).

Chancellor is making political capital out of the pound
Monday 29 April 2013

George Osborne's contribution to the independence referendum debate should be treated with some scepticism ("Chancellor pours scorn on SNP currency union plans", The Herald, April 24.

Swinney hits back at Osborne: 'it's our currency too'
Sunday 28 April 2013

SCOTLAND would be entitled to inherit the pound after independence regardless of the "high-handed arrogance" of the pro-Union parties who currently say otherwise, Finance Secretary John Swinney insists today.