chancellor困难

In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency”, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme.

为了“让生活变得更好”并减少“依赖”，财政大臣乔治·奥斯本推出了“预先求职”计划。

On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness.

乍一听，这是一位关心社会的财政大臣，力图让人们的生活变得更好，还对一个明显过于纵容的制度进行了“改革”——这个制度对新近失业者找工作要求的努力太少，还在补贴懒惰。

What promoted the chancellor to develop his scheme?

是什么促使财政大臣制定了他的计划？

The communities minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt.

社区事务大臣唐·福斯特暗示，财政大臣乔治·奥斯本可能会放宽目前对地方政府以住房存量债务为抵押的借款额度上限。