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OBR details underline likelihood of tax hikes

George Osborne’s presentation today of the new Office for Budget Responsibility as an answer to the previous Government’s habitual over-optimism on the economy and the public finances reinforces our expectation that the emergency Budget on 22nd June will include major tax increases.

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