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Budget 2009: MP reactions

Nine MPs representing constituencies from across Britain give their take on Alistair Darling’s Budget. Julian Brazier – Conservative MP for Canterbury and Whitstable No government in the history of this country has ever allowed the government’s finances to run out of control in this way. The key thing is they are admitting now to more… Read more »

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Budget 2009: What the papers said

Papers have reacted angrily to what some are calling a ‘return to Old Labour’. By politics.co.uk staff The chancellor yesterday had to deliver a Budget in the worst economic circumstances since the second world war. With few surprises – the largest being the 50 per cent top rate of income tax – the papers have… Read more »