Brown gets taste of own medicine from EU - papers 12th January

THE CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown came under renewed pressure yesterday to raise taxes or cut government spending in his spring budget after the European commission gave him a year to bring Britain's public borrowing under control, reports The Guardian. Brown, who is normally prone to lecturing his fellow EU finance ministers on their sorry performance, faces the embarrassment of seeing the tables turned when they meet on January 24 to endorse a reprimand by the commission yesterday that Britain's budget deficit is excessive. But the Treasury signalled the chancellor would defy Brussels and...