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The Independent View: Cutting the deficit, growing the economy

By Thomas Cawston | Wed 16th June 2010 - 11:15 am

When the Coalition announces its Emergency Budget next week, attention will rightly focus on the Government’s plans to cut the deficit. But the Budget will also be a chance to set out an agenda for a more competitive economy and more productive private sector. With the Office of Budget Responsibility’s revised projections suggesting the UK’s trend rate of growth will be slower than was hoped for this Parliament, it is now more important than ever before to improve the UK’s business environment.

Even while running up huge debts, the last Government felt it necessary to set out an ambitious …

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