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Osborne’s budget ‘surplus lock’ is a scam to encourage more borrowing from the City
George Osborne's proposed budget 'surplus lock' will commit future governments to running surpluses when the country is not in recession. Not only will it restrict future public spending, it will channel public money into City banks.