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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Darling confident on forecasts

Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009

Alistair Darling has predicted that the recession will be over by Christmas, brushing aside doubts that his Budget forecasts are over-optimistic.

In an interview with The Times, the Chancellor defied a gloomy assessment of Britain’s recovery prospects set to emerge today in an annual economic health check from...

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