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Economists have warned that plans by the Chancellor to raise the UK tax-take “papers over the cracks” in the economy, as UK growth forecasts from next year were downgraded.
The Government’s official forecaster improved its growth forecast for this year but downgraded its predictions for the next four years, while it also pointed to a
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