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David Cameron and Gordon Brown have both promised to protect spending on the NHS but what about defence? The debate on the future of state spending in Britain has started to assume an air of unreality. Gordon Brown has been embarrassed several times by David Cameron on the floor of the House of Commons. Mr Cameron has shown that, on the Government's own figures, there will have to be very significant cuts in public spending. Mr Brown's only reply has been to maintain, in the teeth of the evidence, what he must know to be false – which is that our shrinking economy can somehow maintain present levels of spending without enormous rises in taxation. But while Mr Cameron is undoubtedly right that cuts are inevitable, he has refused to offer a single word on where he would make them. Hence the air of unreality which now clings to... [read full story]
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P. Diddy has reportedly spent $3m (£1.8m) on his 40th birthday party. The New York Post reports that the rapper created a Garden of Eden theme for the celebration at the Plaza Hotel in the city. Diddy reportedly installed a...
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index to gain as much as 0.7% on opening, after it ended down 0.3% at 5,251.41 on Friday, the lowest close since Nov 10. The index is still up 52% from a March low. In the absence of any UK data on Monday, investors' attention...
