George Osborne

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George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British former politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 2001 to 2017. The son of the Osborne & Little co-founder and baronet Sir Peter Osborne, Osborne was born in Paddington and educated at Norland Place School, Colet Court and St Paul's School, London, before studying at Magdalen College, Oxford. After working briefly as a freelancer for The Daily Telegraph, he joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and became head of its political section. He went on to be a special adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Douglas Hogg, and to work for John Major at 10 Downing Street, including on Major's unsuccessful 1997 general election campaign. In Opposition he worked as a speechwriter and political secretary...

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