Shadow Chancellor George Osborne will set out the Conservative Party’s strategy for rebuilding the UK economy in an exclusive Thomson Reuters Newsmaker at 11 a.m. on Monday, October 26.
We will bring you full coverage of Osborne’s speech, including a live video feed and blog, after which we will conduct a short social media interview with him.
We want you to send us your questions to put to him.
This is your chance to grill the man who, according to the latest opinion polls, looks set to inhabit Number 11 Downing Street after the upcoming general election.
Be it on bankers’ bonuses, tax havens or the Conservative Party’s plans for leading us out of a recession, send us your questions now using the form below or via Twitter using the hashtag #askosborne.
what is the next Conservative govt going to do about increasing the Financial Literacy of Directors and also introducing some objective test to ensure Directors are 'fit and proper' to hold down the onerous responsibility of running a company.
It appears the only sanction we have for misbehaviour is an after the event ban, however some pro active screening of suitability may be in order to ensure , for example, that Directors of Banks actually have banking qualifications and are Financially Literate and can understand some of the complexities of the business model for which they are responsible.
Trackback
24 comments so far
Previous | 2 | 1 | Next
Banning big cash bonuses for bankers is a surefire votes winner - the more noise and fuss you make on the subject the more likely it is the present government will announce something similar -for which you can then claim the credit. But why stop there? Surely there is something very wrong with the notion that senior people in top jobs,already paid very well, will only work harder or more effectively for additional financial inducement?
I would like to ask Mr.Osborne if he will look into the extremely low ISA rates on offer by banks and building societes to the general public.
There is absolutely no real incentive in using an ISA at these rates when a tax-bearing “vehicle” on offer gives far better interest, even after tax.
There was also no point in increasing the upper limit on ISA savings at the moment and I find it insulting that, yet again, this government ignores regular savers who are trying to help themselves and are also helping these banks ride out the storm.
I suspect that the whole thing is a ploy by this government to get us to use taxed savings plans, thereby gleaning even more tax from us.
Will Mr. Osborne confirm that the Conservatives will tackle the serious problem regarding pensions apartheid?…Public Sector pensions vs. Private Sector pensions creates an unacceptable social imbalance which cannot be allowed to continue.
Reference Post strike
Will you confirm that should the strike be settled, Crozier and Co will not receive bonus’s for cutting costs?