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How certain is Osborne’s ‘£30bn’ spend?
How does George Osborne get to an eye-catching “£30b” total for new infrastructure spending? To what degree is he, as The Spectator used accuse Gordon Brown, “telling Brownies” – puffing up numbers for effect?