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BUDGET 2013

ONE-PAGE BUDGET

Labour's Ed Balls has called on the Chancellor to make a swift economic U-turn following yesterday's Budget speech.

Financial services firm True Potential says the Budget has underlined the ineffectiveness of cash savings.

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The FTSE 100 and sterling have both held on to gains from this morning following Chancellor George Osborne's 2013 Budget speech.

In a vigorous response to Chancellor George Osborne's 2013 Budget, leader of the opposition Ed Miliband branded it as "a downgraded Budget from a downgraded Chancellor".

BUDGET 2013

The threshold at which people begin to pay income tax will rise to £10,000 in 2014, a year earlier than planned, the Chancellor announced today.

The UK economy will post growth of 0.6% this year, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), a downward revision from its December forecast.