Three tests for Britain’s Budget

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Labour to expand tax-free import scheme in a bid to boost economic growth across the country

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UK prime minister is facing growing criticism that planned tax rises will hit ‘working people’

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The former chancellor says the publication of a review which could criticise the Conservatives on Budget day would "cross a line".

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