UK's Osborne pledges 'prosperity' in pre-election budget

Britain's government vowed to move from austerity to prosperity in a key pre-election budget on Wednesday, describing the looming national vote as a "critical choice" between chaos or economic success. George Osborne also hiked his 2015 economic growth forecast to 2.5 percent in the coalition's final budget before May's general election, up from a prior estimate of 2.4 percent, and cut his deficit forecasts for the next three years. "This is a budget that takes Brit