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George Osborne has unveiled the spending review, but will it really hit the rich as hard as the poor? The chancellor said it was a progressive measure and that those with the “broadest shoulders” would share their part of the burden in reducing the deficit. But opposition politicians were keen to point out that his… Read more »

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The FCO faces a dramatic change to its funding and remit
Spending review: FCO to become slimmed-down business lobby

By Peter Wozniak The Foreign Office will have a quarter of its budget shaved and will shift its focus almost entirely to promoting British exports and business abroad. William Hague’s department will see many of its more traditional diplomatic functions cut back or sidelined. “Non-essential” programmes will be axed and many FCO workers in embassies… Read more »