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By politics.co.uk staff Alistair Darling has unveiled a distinctly political Budget, putting down a firm dividing line with the Conservatives. Borrowing will shoot up over the next few years to finance public spending, with an eventual peak over 80 per cent of GDP. The big surprise came in the form of a new 50 per… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A £1.7 billion extra investment in Jobcentre Plus was announced in the Budget today to help cope with ever-increasing unemployment figures. Prior to the Budget this morning it was announced that unemployment had now reached 2.1 million, or 4.5 percent of the workforce, and the chancellor announced a series of measures he… Read more »
