Squeeze on as Osborne misses target

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George Osborne
George Osborne

George Osborne has announced a benefits squeeze and a raid on the pensions of the wealthy as the economy continues to falter.


In a bleak Autumn Statement, the Chancellor said that weakening economic growth meant the era of austerity would be extended for another year to 2018, well into the next parliament.
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