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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Toby Helm

The budget: what Jeremy Hunt needs to do – and the pitfalls he must avoid

Jeremy Hunt standing with a red budget box in his right hand
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been accused of ‘fiscal fictions’ in his spending forecasting. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Ben Zaranko

Senior research economist,
Institute for Fiscal Studies

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