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Budget 2013 at a glance: 10 key points

 

All you need to know about the main measures in chancellor George Osborne’s budget

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Budget 2013: Osborne downgrades UK growth forecasts

 

2013 growth forecast cut to 0.6%
Plans to boost housing market with interest-free loans
Bank of England given new growth remit
Pledges to cut corporation tax
• Budget ‘for those who aspire’

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Disappointing 4G mobile broadband auction leaves Treasury £1.2bn short

 

Mobile operators must pay £2.3bn for the extra bandwidth they need – but George Osborne had been pencilling in £3.5bn

Poll: Will you be signing up for 4G this year?

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Welsh secretary criticised for speaking against gay couples raising children

 

Tory MP David Jones says same-sex couples cannot provide ‘warm and safe environment for the upbringing of children’

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Horsemeat scandal: bute drug ‘presents very low risk to public health’

 

Chief medical officer moves to allay concerns of any potential harm from phenylbutazone as butchers report spike in business

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Gleision mine deaths: manager charged with manslaughter

 

Malcolm Fyfield accused of gross negligence manslaughter over deaths of four miners in south Wales in September 2011

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Mother jailed for beating son to death for failing to memorise Qur’an

 

Sara Ege, who claimed the devil urged her to beat the seven-year-old, told she will serve at least 17 years in prison

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Lostprophets singer remanded in custody charged with child sex offences

 

Ian Watkins denies conspiring to rape girl aged under 13 and possessing indecent images of children

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