Chancellor George Osborne claims that he had negotiated that the UK would only pay half of the £1.7 billion surcharge demanded by the EU, but his claim is disingenuous.
Chancellor George Osborne has promised to get a “better deal” for Britain and argue the case against the £1.7 billion bill at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels.
Chancellor George Osborne has said that the UK will continue to push for reforms ‘in the UK’s national interest’ with the European Union despite warnings from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Inflation continues to outpace inflation in the UK, with workers facing the longest squeeze on living standards since the 1870s.
Osborne’s crowd-pleasing rhetoric is based on a rewriting of history (he has “photoshopped” the economic realities) and a distorted use of data.