| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : EUR, WE, United Kingdom | | | | TOPICS : economy, industry, politics, debt, election, employment, fiscal, government, growth, legislation, opposition, policy, prices, public sector | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : His projections for growth and hence the public finances are optimistic. This means that additional tax increases and spending restraint appear inevitable, undermining the government's virtually hope of re-election |
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