“Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support the coalition government through the current challenges, every day, and in every part of Britain.” GovernmentFacesChallengesSupportEconomyCurrentsBritishServantBritainCoalitionsCivil ServantsBritish Economy Author:Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell
“Keynes was chief economic adviser to the British government and largely responsible for keeping the British economy afloat at a time when more than half of our gross national product, and all of our foreign exchange, was being spent on the war. I was lucky to be present at one of his rare appearances in Cambridge, when he gave a lecture with the title "Newton, the Man." Four years later he died of heart failure, precipitated by overwork and the hardships of crossing the Atlantic repeatedly in slow propeller-driven airplanes under wartime conditions.” MenYearsHeartWarGovernmentHalfEconomyFourEconomicConditionsHe ManProductsLuckyDiedResponsibleAppearanceBritishDrivenChiefsTitlesHardshipFour YearsAirplaneGrossLecturesNewtonCrossingsAdviserCambridgeWartimeOverworkKeynesBritish GovernmentHeart FailurePropellerForeign ExchangeBritish Economy Author:Freeman Dyson
“The well-being of the British people and the health of our economy are far more important than any government's commitment to a particular strategy, but to change course now would be fatal to the whole counter-inflation strategy.” PeopleWellsImportantWholeGovernmentWould BeCoursesEconomyParticularCommitmentStrategyBritishWell BeingInflation Author:Geoffrey Howe
“The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.” RealJobsGrowsEconomyHavensSafeCreatingNewsInternationalBritishStormContinuingInstabilitySafe HavenCreating JobsBritish EconomyContinuing To Grow Author:George Osborne
“We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is that part that nobody controls.” StatesGovernmentEconomyBritishPrivate SectorPublic Sector Author:James Goldsmith