Wednesday, March 18, 2015

FINAL UK BUDGET BEFORE ELECTION

UK finance minister George Osborne has been hailing Britain's economic success while delivering his final budget before a general election.

The Chancellor's tax and spending plans include an ambition to use improving public finances to pay off national debt and end a squeeze on public spending a year earlier than planned.

But the opposition Labour Party says his time in office has seen falling living standards and worsening public services - as Olly Barratt reports from London.

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