Clegg: Govt made spending error
Nick Clegg admitted the Government made an error in failing to spend enough on big infrastructure projects, as the UK awaits the latest growth figures.
Clegg makes infrastructure admission ahead of growth figures
Nick Clegg's comments that the Coalition had made a mistake by not spending enough on infrastructure came ahead of the latest growth figures, which will be announced today.
He said the figures will reveal what happened in the last three months of 2012 are likely to be "considerably weaker" than over the summer.
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