BRITAIN can recover economically even while the eurozone is still mired in crisis, Danny Alexander has insisted while David Cameron urged UK businesses to take a more German approach to increase their competitiveness.
However, in the wake of a grim Autumn Statement, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury refused to say if it was possible the age of austerity could stretch beyond 2018, when the Coalition now expects the UK's books to be balanced.
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