Budget 2013: Osborne defends his 'Drown Your Sorrows' Budget by saying things could be worse
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Clifford Armion
le 21/03/2013
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Chancellor George Osborne defended his Budget today, saying the Government had to tackle the nation's economic problems, which "could be a lot worse".Mr Osborne, who promised hope for an "aspiration nation" in his fourth Budget to the Commons yesterday, told ITV1's Daybreak that he "wanted to be straight with the nation about the problems we face".
Yesterday he masked an even more gloomy forecast for the economy and deeper spending cuts with populist measures to reduce the duty on beer and petrol and offer help for home-buyers in his Budget today.
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Budget 2013: Osborne defends his 'Drown Your Sorrows' Budget by saying things could be worse, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mars 2013. Consulté le 12/05/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/budget-2013-osborne-defends-his-drown-your-sorrows-budget-by-saying-things-could-be-worse