A likely Tory: George Osborne profiled

As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Osborne presented Britain's Budget 2013 last week.

'It is a budget for a Britain that wants to be prosperous, solvent and free.'

George Oliver Osborne

**Age:** 42

**Appearance:** a slightly foppish lookalike of Beatles manager Brian Epstein, or an 18th-century aristo, lacking only a frock coat and periwig

**Newsworthiness:** as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Osborne presented Britain's Budget 2013 last week

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When George Osborne took to the dispatch box for his fourth crunch budget last Wednesday, he was beleaguered by criticism from all sides.

An uncharacteristically tense Osborne began his speech to noisier-than-usual levels ...