Osborne making further welfare cuts

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George Osborne
George Osborne

Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Chancellor George Osborne is to vow to "finish the job we have started" in eliminating Britain's national deficit, as he confirms plans to slash a further £10 billion from the bill for welfare.

The benefit reductions come on top of £18 billion cuts in welfare already under way, and are likely to put the Tories on collision course with their Liberal Democrat coalition partners.
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