Alistair Darling has played down speculation of a big pre-Budget report give away tomorrow, warning that Britain is heading for ‘economic turbulence’ while adding that financial stability would always take precedence over ‘irresponsible promises on tax’.
The newly installed chancellor of the Exchequer has paved the way for a neutral public taxing-and-spending package when he presents his first PBR and the government’s first Comprehensive Spending Review in three years.





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