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‘Coward’ Osborne ducks cuts debate
Chancellor sends flunkey to ‘defend the indefensible’
“COWARDLY” George Osborne ducked the Commons yesterday amid a crisis that threatens to bring down his entire Budget.
The Chancellor refused to turn up to answer urgent questions about the status of brutal cuts to disability benefits proposed in the Budget.
Labour MPs shouted: “Where is he?” and “Frit” as Treasury Minister David Gauke stood in for him at the despatch box.
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