Borrowing up £56 billion over five years
Borrowing will be up £56 billion over the next five years.
George Osborne
Autumn statement 2012
The chancellor is delivering his autumn statement. Watch it live. We will have detailed analysis and reaction later today on Left Foot Forward.
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The government’s manufacturing and industrial strategy leads us down the road to nowhere
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