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The World Tonight: Osborne: more austerity 'may be needed'

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26/02/2016

Osborne: more austerity 'may be needed'

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Osborne: more austerity 'may be needed'

George Osborne indicates that more austerity may be on its way.

George Osborne says the budget may include further spending cuts, just three months after curtailing austerity.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, says worsening economic conditions further spending cuts may be needed. We speak to the Institute for Fiscal Studies director, Paul Johnson. Also on the programme the Fifa election, Iran's 'blogfather' Hossein Derakhshan, and why doesn't Spain have a government 10 weeks after the election?

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