All at sea on cuts?
George Osborne has been summoned to the Commons to explain his £4b cuts chat on Thursday after a demand from a dissident Lib Dem MP and the permission of the Speaker, writes political editor Gary Gibbon.
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George Osborne has been summoned to the Commons to explain his £4b cuts chat on Thursday after a demand from a dissident Lib Dem MP and the permission of the Speaker, writes political editor Gary Gibbon.
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