On 6 June 2011, George Osborne said that he had been “vindicated” in a debate over spending cuts after the International Monetary Fund backed his austerity measures. Launching the fund’s annual assessment at the Treasury, the Chancellor positively swooned over the verdict and the acting managing director of the IMF John Lipsky’s support for his failing policies.
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