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Clegg defensive over dire analysis of budget

Nick Clegg defended his Government’s emergency Budget yesterday, insisting that analysis which suggested it would hit the poorest the hardest was “partial”.

 

The hard-hitting conclusion from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) did not take into account moves to get people off benefits and into work, the Deputy Prime Minister said.