The Chancellor’s sunlit uplands
The spending round contained some surprises and innovations, Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
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The spending round contained some surprises and innovations, Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
Chancellor George Osborne is to draw up the battle lines for the next general election as he sets out his final spending plans before the country goes to the polls in 2015.
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Disgraced former minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are both sentenced to eight months for perverting the course of justice.
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Nick Clegg insists the Liberal Democrats are no longer a party of protest as he urges activists to attack the Tories.