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Shadow chancellor faces budget surplus dissent

LABOUR shadow chancellor Chris Leslie could face a rebellion over his support for Tory plans for a mandatory government budget surplus.

Mr Leslie has committed Labour to support a law proposed by Chancellor George Osborne banning any public-sector deficit “in normal times.”

However, the results of a Labour List poll revealed yesterday that most of the party’s supporters did not support his stance.

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