GEORGE Osborne has denied he “cut people to the quick” during his time as chancellor under David Cameron, insisting the gap between rich and…
George Osborne said the gap between rich and poor did not get bigger while he was chancellor
GEORGE Osborne has denied he “cut people to the quick” during his time as chancellor under David Cameron, insisting the gap between rich and poor did not get bigger under his tenure. The ex-Tory MP was speaking on Good Morning Britain and was questioned about various contentious policies that he brought in including a two-year pay freeze for public sector workers, reducing housing benefit and freezing rates of child benefit.
Presenter Susanna Reid asked Osborne if he ever looked back and thought ‘I just cut people to the quick’, to which he said: “No.” He went on to justify the austerity cuts his government brought in because of the context of the 2008 financial crash.Osborne added: “I’m not saying we got everything right but it was the biggest [financial crash] in our lifetimes and affected countries all over the world, and those countries that had a clear plan like Britain at the time did do better, we recovered the“More jobs were created under the Cameron government than in any British government in history.
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