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MPs urge fiscal prudence as social spending increases

IT'S hard to please the House. Calls to help the less able are often heard in Parliament but on Tuesday, while lawmakers lauded Budget 2015's further step to the left, they fretted about fiscal prudence and sustainability as well...

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