George Osborne’s Mansion House Speech 2014 Full text
Full text of George Osborne's Mansion House Speech 2014 Lord Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am honoured to be invited again to speak at this historic dinner, and follow in a long line of Chancellors who have done so. Lord Mayor, you and I were reminded of that long line on Tuesday, when you generously hosted a dinner at Guildhall to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Board of the Treasury. And I might say, that it is entirely typical that when the Treasury decides to throw a party, we get someone else to pay for it. The Treasury Board was created in 1612 to bring discipline and control to the public finances. Related Articles At the time, the European economy was weak, the Kingdom of Spain…