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Chancellor George Osborne launched the most vicious assault yet on public services and welfare yesterday in his crusade to build a paradise for speculators and bankers.
He announced devastating extra cuts of £25 billion after 2015, including further welfare cuts of £12bn.
The year 2014 would be "a year of hard truths," he warned.
New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’
Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills
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
