**FILE** George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, talks prior to the launch of the Economic Survey of the United Kingdom, by Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at the Treasury in central London on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)
**FILE** George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, talks prior to the launch of the Economic Survey of the United Kingdom, by Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at the Treasury in central London on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)
George Osborne (left), Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, walks with Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, to deliver the half-yearly budget statement to parliament in London on Dec. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)
George Osborne (left), Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, walks with Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury, to deliver the half-yearly budget statement to Parliament in London on Dec. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)
George Osborne, Britain's Treasury chief (center), delivers the Comprehensive Spending Review in London on Wednesday. Mr. Osborne ordered $128 billion in spending cuts through 2015. (Associated Press)
