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Proceeding contribution from George Osborne (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 November 2008. It occurred during Emergency debate on Pre-Budget Report.


Pre-Budget Report

It has totally destroyed the public's trust in the Government's motives, confirming what everyone suspects—that Labour's temporary giveaways now will be dwarfed by permanent tax rises later. Normally, it takes a week or so for the Prime Minister's Budgets to come unstuck; this one has completely fallen apart in just 48 hours. Let us start with the debt figures, because I think that the reaction of the country was a sharp—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
483 c742 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Bank services Banks Credit Budgets Borrowing Investment Financial markets Economic situation Guarantees National income National insurance contributions Public expenditure Loans Public sector debt Taxation VAT World economy Pre-Budget report 2008
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk