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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Lib Dem plans to axe the Treasury in London slammed as 'gimmick whose sums don't add up'

The Liberal Democrats came under fire after proposing scrapping the Treasury.

Sir Ed Davey’s party suggested replacing the economic ministry in Whitehall with a Department for Growth based in Birmingham.

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