article_snippet: Sources say Sources had no choice but to take 'difficult decisions' to save Britain from bankruptcy.
article_snippet: But Treasury sources admit Treasury sources have little money to play with.
article_snippet: Labour seized on the report as evidence that the Government had failed to deliver better living standards.
article_snippet: The Conservatives promised the move last year, but did not set out a detailed timetable.
article_snippet: Lib Dem opposition means no action can be taken in the Finance Bill which will be pushed through before parliament breaks up at the end of the month. '
article_snippet: A Tory source said: 'There is a recognition that we need to get on with this to show that we mean business.'
highlights_snippet: Reputation under fire after the revelation by the Institute for Fiscal Studies .
  