Osborne unleashes £100bn plan to 'fire' up UK economy

Natalie Kenway
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The UK Chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England's governor Mervyn King have unveiled a £100bn package to prop up the UK's flagging economy and protect it from the encroaching eurozone crisis.

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