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Chancellor's Budget clears Commons hurdle amid disability cuts row

George Osborne's Budget has cleared its first Commons hurdle, its major resolutions passed by a majority of 35 MPs.

The Chancellor defended his Budget in the Commons earlier, his first public appearance since the government was forced into a U-turn over disability benefit cuts in the wake of Iain Duncan Smith's resignation.

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Campaigners hold protest in House of Commons lobby

Around 20 disability campaigners have unfurled banners and shouted slogans in the lobby of the House of Commons over the Government's cuts to benefits.

The protest took place as MPs were in the main Chamber for Prime Minister's Questions.

The demonstrators chanted "No more death from benefit cuts" and brandished a banner asking "Is this how 2 treat disabled people?"

Police officers lined up to prevent any attempt by the protesters to gain access to the Commons chamber but there was no immediate attempt to remove them.

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