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Alistair Darling, chancellor, with the Budget yesterday
Budget 2009: Darling under fire

By Ian Dunt Opposition parties and special interest groups have rounded on Alistair Darling’s Budget, calling it a “fantasy”. The chancellor announced record levels of borrowing and spending – £175 billion in this year alone. But opposition parties focused their attacks on government projections of economic recovery, which said the UK could expect to see… Read more »

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Budget 2009: MP reactions

Nine MPs representing constituencies from across Britain give their take on Alistair Darling’s Budget. Julian Brazier – Conservative MP for Canterbury and Whitstable No government in the history of this country has ever allowed the government’s finances to run out of control in this way. The key thing is they are admitting now to more… Read more »