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Osborne outlines 10% spending cuts for seven departments

Chancellor George Osborne has said Seven departments have provisionally agreed to cut their budgets by up to 10% in 2015.

Seven departments – including local government – have provisionally agreed to cut their budgets by up to 10% in 2015, chancellor George Osborne has said.

Mr Osborne is looking for savings of £11.5bn to help fund new infrastructure projects to boost the economy.

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