Families First, Pledges Brown Brown Hopes Budget Will Seize Poll Agenda ; Chancellor Guns for Votes with Modest Election Giveaways
Evening Standard - London › March 16, 2005
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GORDON BROWN put the election campaign into top gear today with a "families first" Budget.
The Chancellor was aiming sweeteners at children, parents and grandparents and was set to target Labour's key voter groups with cash boosts for pensioners, homebuyers and savers.See the full content of this document
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Families First, Pledges Brown Brown Hopes Budget Will Seize Poll Agenda ; Chancellor Guns for Votes with Modest Election Giveaways
But speaking exclusively to the Evening Standard, Mr Brown effectively ruled out a pre-election splurge to buy votes.
Reassuring the City that he would show restraint and take no risks with the economy, he said: "My Budget will show that we are meeting our fiscal rules, our sp...See the full content of this document
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