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War of words over Treasury documents

A war of words has broken out between Labour and Conservative politicians over the cost of opposition plans to introduce a series of new measures.

A war of words has broken out between Labour and Conservative politicians over the cost of opposition plans to introduce a series of new measures.

Conservative MPs went on the offensive yesterday, publishing Treasury estimates about a series of Labour election pledges and claiming they would cost more than £20bn alone in the first year of a new Parliament.

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