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muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:42 PM Mar 2013

Office for Budget Responsibility points out Cameron is a liar

He said the OBR had made it clear that growth had been depressed by the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis, instability in the eurozone and a sharp rise in oil prices between 2010 and 2011.

The watchdog, he added, was "absolutely clear that the deficit reduction plan is not responsible, in fact, quite the opposite".

But the OBR's chairman, Robert Chote, has written to the prime minister to take issue with his comments.

"For the avoidance of doubt, I think it is important to point out that every forecast published by the OBR since the June 2010 Budget has incorporated the widely held assumption that tax increases and spending cuts reduce economic growth in the short term," he wrote.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21714549
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Office for Budget Responsibility points out Cameron is a liar (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 OP
A little late in the day, but better late than never. non sociopath skin Mar 2013 #1
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