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By Ashley Cowburn Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will next week deliver his final Budget before the general election. He is under intense pressure from Tory MPs to slash taxes but also faces calls to spell out what it would mean for public spending amid fears of another round of savage austerity cuts. It comes after Rishi Sunak’s boast that the economy had “turned a corner” was left in tatters a fortnight ago with official figures showing Britain had plunged into recession. The Chancellor will deliver his Budget – outlining the Government’s tax and spending plans – at around 12.30pm on March 6. H…

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