{"id":15526,"date":"2016-06-05T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-hard-hat-chancellor-what-kind-of-britain-is-george-osborne-building\/"},"modified":"2016-06-05T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T07:16:08","slug":"the-hard-hat-chancellor-what-kind-of-britain-is-george-osborne-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-hard-hat-chancellor-what-kind-of-britain-is-george-osborne-building\/","title":{"rendered":"The hard-hat chancellor: what kind of Britain is George Osborne building?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHe loves to pose in a high-vis jacket\u2026 but will the chancellor\u2019s grand projects deliver? We take a closer look at the initiatives he claims will transform the UKIf George Osborne has an identifying attribute \u2013 what a cigar was to Churchill or a pint of beer to Zac Goldsmith \u2013 it is the pairing of hard hat and hi-vis jacket. One suspects he would struggle to wield a screwdriver to much effect but he loves to have himself photographed, again and again, on construction sites and industrial premises, dressed like a man who knows how to make things.The message is clear enough. Here is someone to get Britain building. Britain has an economy where construction has a particular status and where a favoured way to nudge the economy forward is to get more concrete mixers whirring and bricks laid. \u201cIndustry\u201d can be almost synonymous with \u201cconstruction industry\u201d, due to the shrinkage of other types. The country also needs more homes. What then could be more appropriate than for the chancellor to remind people of his role in stimulating such things? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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He loves to pose in a high-vis jacket\u2026 but will the chancellor\u2019s grand projects deliver?...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-42q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127763,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sunak-is-fundamentally-wrong-britain-does-not-need-another-george-osborne\/","url_meta":{"origin":15526,"position":0},"title":"Sunak is fundamentally wrong: Britain does not need another George Osborne","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Sunak is fundamentally wrong: Britain does not need another George Osborne","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13820,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/house-prices-face-18-hit-if-britain-quits-eu-says-george-osborne\/","url_meta":{"origin":15526,"position":1},"title":"House prices face 18% hit if Britain quits EU, says George Osborne","date":"May 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Chancellor predicts Brexit would cause an \u2018economic shock\u2019 but pro-leave minister dismisses \u2018extraordinary claim\u2019 House prices could take an 18% hit over the next two years and there will be an \u201ceconomic shock\u201d that will increase the cost of mortgages if the UK votes to leave the EU, George\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22119,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-big-thank-you-to-george-osborne-from-the-pensioners-of-britain\/","url_meta":{"origin":15526,"position":2},"title":"A big thank you to George Osborne \u2013 from the pensioners of Britain","date":"August 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Annuities were compulsory until the then chancellor freed pensioners to do what they liked with their money. 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