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British chancellor's crowd-pleasing measures may backfire
UK economy still bogged down by high government debt of 80% of GDP
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Thu, Dec 4, 2014 · 09:50 PM
London
ADROIT political campaigner George Osborne has chosen populist economic giveaways ahead of the May UK general election.
The big question for the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Conservative Party, however, is whether "he is being too clever by half", say critics.
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