25-11-2015 02:32 via news.yahoo.com

Osborne to set out new spending purge, bets on voter support

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne will renew his push to fix the country's public finances on Wednesday, taking a gamble that voters can accept four more years of deep spending cuts. Osborne, a contender to succeed David Cameron as prime minister, is expected to tell parliament he is still aiming for a budget surplus by the end of the decade, which could allow him to deliver income tax cuts promised before May's election. Osborne has largely stuck to his guns and
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