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10 Jan 2012:
Leader sets out new direction and warns party it faces difficult choices on spending at next election
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23 Dec 2011: Bond yields on 10-year UK gilts dipped below 2% in thin pre-Christmas trading on Friday, making it cheaper for the Treasury to finance the UK's budget deficit. A triumph for the government?
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6 Dec 2011:
Office for Budget Responsibility criticised after admitting forecast for size of UK economy in 2015 was out by £65bn
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1 Dec 2011: Martin Kettle: The British are pessimistic about the economy. But they still do not blame the coalition
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29 Nov 2011: Austerity with no end date and receding targets feature in the new forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility
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29 Nov 2011:
Chancellor to move to reassure markets by declaring he is still on course to eliminate structural budget deficit
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22 Nov 2011:
Chancellor receives boost as Office for National Statistics data shows borrowing excluding state aid for UK banks fell from £7.7bn in 2010 to £6.5bn last month
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20 Nov 2011:
Andrew Rawnsley: The blame game over who is responsible for our dire economic state now sees the government turning on itself
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17 Nov 2011:
Eurozone crisis hits home as Bank of England cuts growth forecasts and makes grim predictions of a weak recovery
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21 Oct 2011: Osborne's austerity drive and increases in tax receipts led to the September budget deficit coming in below City forecasts at £14.1bn
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