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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jon Dennis

Guardian Daily Special: Budget 2008

Alistair Darling had little room to manoeuvre in his first budget as chancellor. The Guardian's political columnist Michael White and the Observer's business editor Ruth Sunderland are on hand to give their expert analysis.

Tony Levene, the Guardian's personal finance expert ranks the winners and losers; while a disappointed Tony Juniper, director of Friends of the Earth, says he was hoping for much more on the environment.

Peter Bishop from the London Chamber of Commerce gives cautious welcome to the measures for non-domiciled residents but wonders why so little was made of Britain's trade deficit.

And Andrew Lentof the TUC says more needs to be done by the chancellor to address child poverty and public sector pay.

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