Chancellor Alistair Darling gets a mixed reaction to his third - and he hopes not final - Budget.
In a reiteration of the key points of differentiation between Labour and Conservative policy just weeks before an election, the Chancellor spoke of the necessity to avoid “short sighted” spending cuts. Nevertheless, public debt this year is actually going to be £15bn less that Mr Darling predicted in his pre budget report in December. The…
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