Autumn statement 2011
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Chancellor's vision of building recovery with private cash for roads, high-speed railways and power stations a step closer
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Letters: We should not pretend David Cameron wants Boris Johnson to lose the London elections. He doesn't.
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• George Osborne's deficit confession a 'game-changer'
• Shadow chancellor rejects idea of Miliband-style photoshoot -
As Ed Miliband faces polls that show many blame hard times on Labour, party wrestles with effort to change perceptions
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Letters: It is optimistic to state that a blood transfusion in the form of a Keynesian economic stimulus will necessarily work
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Government whips brand loss a 'meaningless gesture' after MPs debating state of UK economy vote by 213 to 79 against motion
Only a fraction of capital spending promised last year has materialised