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George Osborne delivers a controversial extension of the coalition's spending cuts
Everything you need to know about the spending review in five minutes

The simple fact of the matter is that this is happening because his plan failed. At the comprehensive spending review in 2010 Osborne was predicting 2.9% growth for this year and hoping for a barrage of tax cuts in time for the general election. That now looks laughable.