Ministers lifted the limit on university-tuition fees-but failed to foresee the race to the top of the new scale; that has left the exchequer, which underwrites the fees, with a big liability.

首相提高了大学学费的限制，但未能预见所带来的一路飙升。这使得同意此的财政大臣负有重大责任。

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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.

英国新财相乔治·奥斯本(George Osborne)正准备推行财政节俭方案，笑称20国集团已接受了他的思考方式。

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The emergency budget presented on June 22nd by Britain’s new Conservative chancellor of the exchequer aims to deliver a whopping fiscal retrenchment equal to 6.3% of GDP by 2014-15.

6月22日，这位英国新任保守派财政大臣提供了一份紧急预算方案，该方案表明到2014或2015期间需要精减相当于GDP6.3%的巨额财政预算。

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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