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George Osborne has seen the light on tax cuts. Now he needs to implement some more

Here's what the Chancellor could do for the lowest-paid — a dramatic tax cut worth at least one month's extra salary a year

7 December 2013

9:00 AM

7 December 2013

9:00 AM

George Osborne has not been a complete disappointment as Chancellor. He has, it is depressing to note, ended up giving Britain a leisurely ten years to get back in the black while the national debt soars. He has a worrying enthusiasm for finding new ways of hawking underpriced debt to business and homebuyers.

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