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Sat 11 Nov 2009Ministers and backbenchers braced for budget backlash
Public anger at the measures in next month’s budget is likely to be intense
WITH JUST 10 days to go, it is possible to piece together an initial picture of the likely headline features of next month’s budget. A survey of recent speeches and media interviews from Ministers, together with an examination of news pieces filed in the last week or so by a selection of usually authoritative political and economic correspondents, suggest that the following are likely to be the key features of the budget speech.
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