Osborne insists 'difficult decisions will protect NHS'
Chancellor George Osborne insists the "difficult decisions" he has made will protect the NHS after delivering his final pre-election Budget yesterday.
Osborne seeks to maximise electoral gain after Budget
George Osborne will seek to maximise electoral gain for the Conservatives today after his pre-election Budget was generally well received.
The Chancellor's last Budget before the General Election saw him offer financial goodies to savers and regional voters while he sought to blunt Labour's key weapons.
But Osborne will have to fight Opposition claims that he tried to hide from the public the scale of future spending cuts so deep that the NHS would have to be squeezed or VAT raised.
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Budget 2015: What the papers say the day after
Here is what the papers have to day the morning after Chancellor George's Osborne's pre-election Budget announcement.
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Young entrepreneurs give their views on the budget
In video blogs for ITV News, young businessmen said they think the budget is helpful for them, and other young people.
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Osborne's budget and the rhetoric of opposing truths
Charities have been lining up to criticise the Budget, whilst the government continue with their rhetoric on 'takers' and 'givers'.