Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is to join asset manager BlackRock on a part-time basis from next month.
He will work as a senior adviser to the group's BlackRock Investment Institute investment research arm and, in doing so, will be reunited with his former top economic adviser Rupert Harrison, who took a senior position there last year. While Osborne (pictured) will remain an MP, he will not be allowed to lobby the UK government - although the appointment has already begun to fuel speculation about his political career in the long run. Following last year's referendum on the UK's continued membership of the European Union, new Prime Minister Theresa May replaced Osborne as Chancellor ...
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