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GEORGE OSBORNE declared “open class warfare” yesterday by revealing plans to permanently peg government spending “at Victorian levels.”
The Chancellor announced his intention to effectively ban public-sector borrowing at his annual Mansion House speech in the City of London.
Bedecked in black tie dress, Ms Osborne told bosses enjoying a lavish banquet that Britain should pull its belt in “while the sun is shining.”
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
