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| EU Budget - historic reduction agreed | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK economy - GDP falls by 0.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantitative Easing - put on hold | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Welfare reform - the end of universal benefits | |||||||||||||||||||
| Underemployment - over 3 million | |||||||||||||||||||
| CPI inflation - at 2.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Autumn statement - austerity to continue | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Fiscal union - rejected by UK | |||||||||||||||||||
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