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26 June 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

“The chancellor is being forced to make even more cuts”

Business quote of the day.

By Helen Roxburgh

Far from balancing the books by 2015, as the government promised, the chancellor is being forced to make even more cuts.

Shadow financial secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie says government economic plans have failed as the Chancellor gears up to announce an expected £11.5bn in cuts.

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