{"id":27334,"date":"2013-02-11T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/02\/11\/george-osborne-budget_n_2660984.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics?ncid=GEP"},"modified":"2013-02-11T13:20:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T12:20:49","slug":"osborne-summit-to-avoid-omnishambles-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/osborne-summit-to-avoid-omnishambles-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Osborne Summit To Avoid ‘Omnishambles II’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chancellor George Osborne<\/a> is today holding a Treasury summit at his official country retreat in an attempt to prevent a repeat of last year’s Budget “omnishambles<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Treasury ministers and officials have gathered together with Conservative Party<\/a> HQ staff for an all-day meeting to go through the options for next month’s financial statement.<\/p>\n

The meeting, at Osborne’s Dorneywood residence in Buckinghamshire, comes after the Chancellor<\/a> was forced into a series of embarrassing climbdowns and reversals in the wake of last year’s Budget.<\/p>\n

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Plans for taxing caravan owners, hot food and removing some tax reliefs for charitable donations all had to be revised in the face of heavy criticism.<\/p>\n

A Treasury source told The Independent<\/a><\/em>: “This is going to be a very political Budget. George would be the first to admit he took his eye off the ball last year. He knows he can’t let that happen again.”<\/p>\n

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