article_snippet: George Osborne said Britain will be back in the black before the end of the decade – as George Osborne shot down Labour’s claims that George Osborne is taking Britain back to the 1930s.
article_snippet: But Mr Osborne said the reality was that the State will now return to a size last seen under the previous Labour government
article_snippet: the Government is getting the Government back,’ Mr Osborne said.
article_snippet: Mr Osborne said it would be ‘deeply irresponsible’ to treat the cash as a ‘windfall’ that could be spent ahead of May’s election.
article_snippet: Mr Osborne added that it would involve ‘spending money we didn’t really have’ and ‘racking up borrowing Britain couldn’t afford’.
article_snippet: we’d be repeating all the mistakes the Government made instead of fixing those mistakes,’ Mr Osborne said.