George Osborne: UK is comeback country out of the red and into the black

British chancellor George Osborne declared during his budget speech that Britain was “the comeback country”.

“Out of the red and into the black — Britain is back paying its way in the world,” Mr Osborne told the House of Commons yesterday.

“This is a budget that takes Britain one more big step on the road from austerity to prosperity.”Mr Osborne told MPs: