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A comprehensive summary of the key announcements made.

The coalition government has taken the new and welcome step of publishing draft clauses for the 2011 Finance Act.

Last year the spending cuts and the tax rises; this year renewal and recovery. That had long been the message offered by the Government in the approach to its second Budget, and the Chancellor, George Osborne was quick to assert the positive outlook of his statement.

The coalition government has taken the new and welcome step of publishing draft clauses for the 2011 Finance Act.