George Osborne

From Doctor Botox to Facebook’s top lobbyist, meet the folks who left politics to cash in – POLITICO

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Doctor Botox Olivier Véran, a former French government spokesperson and ex-minister of health, recently announced his next career venture at the Clinique des Champs-Élysées in Paris. For Véran, who was a neurologist before turning to politics, going back to medicine is not all that surprising. What was shocking — and caused some uproar in the … Read more

Jeremy Hunt’s scorched earth budget – POLITICO

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Laura Trott, Hunt’s deputy at the U.K. Treasury, has dismissed allegations of foul play as “an excuse to try and wriggle out of Labour’s disastrous £28 billion of unfunded spending.” But in truth Treasury ministers have always looked for ways to hobble their successors — especially in the run-up to an election.  George Osborne, the … Read more