George Osborne, Britain's new chancellor of the exchequer who is readying his country for fiscal frugality, crowed that the G20 had come round to his way of thinking.

ECONOMIST: Myths about fiscal austerity

Nevertheless Gordon Brown, the new chancellor of the exchequer, ought to be concerned that no central figures seem to be kept on the overall cost of public-sector pensions, on how quickly it is rising and how cost-effective it is to pension off so many public servants.

ECONOMIST: Public-sector pensions

The chancellor of the exchequer, who announced new three-year spending plans on July 15th, positively luxuriates in his generosity with other people's money.

ECONOMIST: British public spending

George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has come out in favour of designing a new system of international corporate taxation.

FORBES: Yes, Let's Design A New International Corporate Tax System. Let's Not Tax Corporations At All

Apart from Paul Murphy, the Welsh secretary, the Welsh Labour party does not have the big players in government, such as Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, and therefore the stake in Mr Blair's New Labour project, that the Scots have.

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