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    He joked that the Prime Minister called Alastair Darling a great Chancellor just three months after almost sacking him. "What does it say about Gordon Brown that he got into a trial of strength with Alistair Darling, and lost ... The Iron Chancellor has turned into the plastic Prime Minister. These Labour Party politicians are better at writing books about courage than displaying it." The Shadow Chancellor conceded that inheritance tax would not feature in the first budget but would be pushed back in the Parliament timescale. Full Article at Times Online
    What does it say about Gordon Brown that he got into a trial of strength with Alistair Darling, and lost ... The Iron Chancellor has turned into the plastic Prime Minister. These Labour Party politicians are better at writing books about courage than displaying it.
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George Osborne pledges public sector pay freeze above £18,000
  1. I’m not expecting a big queue
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  2. Our country is facing the largest budget deficit in modern history
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  3. we are all in this together
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  4. The women’s pension age is already set to start rising over the next decade to 65. And by 2026 the pension age for men and women will reach 66 ... This is already happening. But most experts now think that is too far off. Our aim will be to bring forward the date when the pension age rises. For men this...
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  5. Labour created this mess and we Conservatives are going to have to sort it out.
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  6. We are sinking in a sea of debt ... The Government borrowed too much, banks borrowed too much and, let’s be honest, we borrowed too much.
    SOURCE: Times Online 2 months ago

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