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Brown's spending position branded dishonest

Just 48 hours after Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, warned there would be less spending in certain parts of government, "pressures" on expenditure and "constraints for the next decade", the Prime Minister failed to admit there would be cuts under a future Labour government.

THE Conservatives last night turned up the heat over the UK Government's positioning on future spending cuts by branding Gordon Brown "dishonest".