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Osborne orders £2.5bn in extra cuts

George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, holds the dispatch box containing the 2012 budget outside 11 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Britain's budget deficit almost doubled in February as taxes fell and spending surged, leaving Osborne little room to meet his full-year goal as he prepares to announce the annual budget. ©Bloomberg

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