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4 November 2010

Why the coalition will struggle to make its cuts

Osborne will have to raise taxes or slash front-line services as “efficiency savings” of £35bn fail

By George Eaton

Since last month’s Spending Review, political attention has focused on the fairness (or otherwise) of the cuts and the likely effect on the economic recovery. Remarkably little thought has been given to another pressing question: how hard will the cuts be to implement?

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