GEORGE OSBORNE AND THE £25 BILLION SPENDING CUT

Today Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced an extra £25 billion in spending cuts. Zoe asked Twitter & Facebook what they thought of the cuts, and discusses the issues surrounding the budget deficit problem.

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For more information on today’s topics, see:
The Times: Don’t spare NHS, top Tory Liam Fox tells Cameron [Paywall] – http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3963395.ece
The Guardian: Cabinet split over George Osborne’s plan for £12bn more welfare cuts – http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/06/cabinet-split-george-osborne-welfare-cuts?CMP=twt_gu
The Guardian: George Osborne is engineering a seismic change in the role of the state – http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/06/george-osborne-engineering-role-state?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Huffington Post: 10 Tax Rises George Osborne Could Do To Avoid £25bn More Spending Cuts – http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/06/george-osborne-cuts_n_4548023.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=UK#slide=3294408
The Sun: £330 tax hike plan – http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5356647/Think-tank-calls-for-post-election-tax-hike-of-up-to-330-per-family.html
The Conservative Party: A Letter from George Osborne – http://ebm.cheetahmail.com/c/tag/BSypBgB81Nm6B83gR6AABqWUiA/doc.html?t_params=FIRSTNAME%3DZoe

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