PBR: Only good for 'bingo and boilers' - Cable

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The Government's increase in taxation is a "complete distortion", Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable says.

Cable claimed the planned tax increases unveiled in Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-budget report would be spent by the government rather than used to pay down the nation's deficit. Cable mock...

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