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Two pre-budget leaks: childcare and £2.5bn cuts
The two leaked bits of George Osborne’s budget show a government trying to connect with voters and trying to get growth with little money in the kitty.
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Ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 budget, here are five key things to look out for – from the changes which could hit your pocket to the numbers behind Britain’s zombie economy.
Watch live: Chancellor George Osborne delivers his 2013 budget.
The two leaked bits of George Osborne’s budget show a government trying to connect with voters and trying to get growth with little money in the kitty.
Amid calls for the chancellor to reduce the UK’s spending on overseas aid, dozens of anti-poverty campaigners, dressed as George Osborne, take to Westminster to protest.
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David Cameron says the British public “can be proud” after he and other European leaders reach a deal on the EU budget.
David Cameron’s striking a softer tone in this round of EU budget negotiations, knowing that shouting about the veto too much would kick off a round of hostile reactions from European capitals.
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Ever heard of a local enterprise partnership? Well if George Osborne has his way, they could be bidding to spend billions of pounds of central government money. But, we hear, the PM is rather cautious about the idea.
Chancellor George Osborne is expected to unveil a wealth tax on the rich and a revised welfare cuts package in a mini-budget he says is designed to hit both ends of the pay scale.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson defends cuts to the flood defence budget, telling Channel 4 News that reductions have been small considering the “dire economic inheritance” from Labour.
The EU summit finishes without agreement after talks on a future budget collapse and David Cameron accuses Brussels of operating in a “parallel universe”.