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    The UK Budget 2013

    George Osborne 2013 Budget

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    Key Quotes

    It is a Budget for our aspiration nation. - George Osborne
    He is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time for the country. It’s a downgraded budget from a downgraded Chancellor. He has secured one upgrade – travelling first class on a second-class ticket. - Ed Miliband
    The Chancellor has stuck to his guns and held his nerve - which is exactly what we wanted to see. Deficit reduction is not an optional policy, it is an absolute necessity, and he is right to reject the siren calls to abandon it. - Simon Walker, Director general of The Institute of Directors
    This is a momentous day for Britain's beer drinkers, who will tonight be raising a glass to the Chancellor for axing this damaging tax escalator and helping keep pub-going affordable for hard-pressed consumers. - Mike Benner, chief executive of Camra
    UK aid is making an enormous difference across the world – a difference that we at ActionAid see for ourselves every day. The Government and Opposition deserve credit for their consensus that keeping our 43 year old promise on aid is the right thing to do. - Melanie Ward, Action Aid UK head of advocacy
    This is a Budget for the few by the few that attacks the many. Millionaires are days away from getting a £40,000 tax cut from the Tories, but George Osborne is using the budget to attack hard-working public sector workers. - Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary

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