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The government today claimed its closure of some loopholes will raise £2bn extra for the exchequer over five years.

This week, he gave way to Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, over a radical change he had been pushing for.

In the early part of his first term as governor, Mr. George disagreed regularly with Kenneth Clarke, the chancellor of the Exchequer, over monetary policy.

"Despite the impression given by the chancellor of the exchequer, over 60% of those affected are in work," Miliband said in the Commons.

In short, Maude, the paymaster-general, added a series of "structural reforms" to an already tabled agenda of pension cuts that offered little or no gain for the exchequer over the longer term.

Critics saw a government announcement last week that officials would postpone until 2016 a decision on setting a 2030 decarbonization target for the power sector as a big victory for George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer, over his Conservative Party's junior coalition partners, the more environmentally minded Liberal Democrats.

The new leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown, the former chancellor of the exchequer, took over from Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister.

The Exchequer took over Clifford's Tower.

Brown also appointed Jacqui Smith as the UK's first female Home Secretary, while Brown's former position as Chancellor of the Exchequer was taken over by Alistair Darling.

The sport has received £27.2m in lottery and exchequer funding over the current Olympic cycle, while sailing has got £22.9m.

Moynihan also paid tribute to British Cycling and the way it has invested the millions that have flowed through the National Lottery and exchequer funding over recent years.