Osborne lands sixth job teaching economics

George Osborne has picked up his sixth job since leaving politics, with an unpaid appointment as honorary professor of economics at the University of Manchester.

The former chancellor is chairman of the Northern Powerhouse, editor of the London Evening Standard, makes speeches for the Mccain Institute and Washington Speakers Bureau, and is said to earn £650,000 a year working for fund management firm Blackrock.

One university colleague told the Financial Times that Mr Osborne would “relish” teaching austerity to “angry young Corbynistas”.