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Government 'debt to rise'

The Government is "most unlikely" to meet its target to eliminate Britain's structural deficit by 2015, according to the Centre for Policy Studies. The report says official national debt will rise by £605 billion over the course of this parliament.

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Government 'most unlikely' to eliminate deficit by 2015

The Government is "most unlikely" to meet its target to eliminate Britain's structural deficit by 2015, according to a new report out today by the Centre for Policy Studies.

The report says Chancellor George Osborne will also fail to meet his goal of reducing public debt before the next election.

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