Before 1976, when Denis Healey became the first chancellor to deliver an autumn statement, no chancellor of the exchequer went through the end-of-year ritual that Osborne will undertake for the fourth time today.
In a statement the chancellor of Syracuse University, Nancy Cantor, said that Discovery was taking on an "ambitious task of public education" through the series.
So to conclude this opening statement, as chancellor of the exchequer it is my obligation to explain that no currency arrangement under independence will be the same as the strength and stability of one UK with one UK pound.
WHEN George Osborne makes his second budget statement as chancellor of the exchequer on March 23rd (see article), he seems set to outline a grand "growth strategy" to counter claims that he is more interested in cutting spending than boosting the economy.
William C. Thompson Jr., president of the Board of Education, issued a statement of support for the chancellor's ruling, saying, "This is the right thing to do".
In one of the most political elements of the autumn statement, the chancellor indicated that he would aim to lock in his deficit-reduction plans until the end of the next parliament through a new charter for budget responsibility.
It was announced in the Treasury's National Infrastructure Plan, ahead of Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
In his Autumn Statement, the chancellor announced a reform of stamp duty on the sale of property, a 25% "diverted profits" tax on multinational companies, and a freeze on fuel duty.
Take last week's farrago of a statement from the chancellor, a compendium of non-sequiturs and dodgy data.
In the autumn statement, the chancellor announced a string of measures designed to support social care.
