Henry Zeffman: Early release of Budget details is totally surreal
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The Budget is already out there, thanks to the Office for Budget
Responsibility, which has published the details in error.
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However, they cautioned that the government was not a done deal and the situation could change by the hour. Berlusconi's chief coalition partner, the populist Northern League said it would not back Monti.
ReplyDeleteHowever the party, which is split internally, has resisted a key reform on pensions. It may have made a calculation that it would benefit from a period in opposition to redress a sharp loss of popularity from its association with Berlusconi.