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Presenting his first Autumn Statement as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor George Osborne has asserted that Britain is ‘on track’ to recover from the deepest recession of post-war times.

The Statement was largely a response to the first Autumn forecast from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), created by the Coalition Government earlier this year.  Despite issuing a cautionary note on the reliability of forecasts, Mr Osborne went on to argue that the OBR report vindicated the Government’s ‘decisive action’ on the economy.

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