Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is seeking to extend spending reductions across government departments as a 2010 effort to rid Britain of its budget deficit by 2015 is pushed back a further two years. Photographer: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is seeking to extend spending reductions across government departments as a 2010 effort to rid Britain of its budget deficit by 2015 is pushed back a further two years. Photographer: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
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