Cameron attacks 'dreadful' borrowing figures
	3:25pm Wed 12 Mar 08
	Tory leader David Cameron attacked the Chancellor's Budget, accusing the Prime Minister and Mr Darling of "living in an entirely different world from everyone else".

Fuel duty rise put on hold

2:22pm Wednesday 12th March 2008

Chancellor Alistair Darling offered some respite to motorists today by postponing April's scheduled 2p-a-litre rise in fuel duty until October.

Experts praise alcohol tax rise

2:15pm Wednesday 12th March 2008

Medical experts today gave their strong backing to increases in alcohol duty announced today in the Budget saying that "tough action" was needed to tackle the culture of binge drinking.

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Sketch: Darling the drone

3:29pm Wednesday 12th March 2008

Chris Moncrieff Poor Alistair Darling is not blessed with a voice that inspires the nation or quickens the pulse. He is not the man to rouse the rabble. In short he is no Henry V.

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