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Budget 2009 Preview - The great borrowing binge goes on

Chancellor Alistair Darling faces the unenviable task in his second Budget of trying to offer the economy some much-needed support, whilst at the same time reassuring the markets that the public finances will eventually return to health. He is unlikely to achieve either aim convincingly.

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