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Official stats reveal fears at the heart of Con-Dem Britain
Worries about health and wealth have surged across Britain since George Osborne delivered his last cuts-laden Budget

Worries about health and wealth have surged across Britain since George Osborne delivered his last cuts-laden Budget, the National Office for Statistics (ONS) revealed yesterday.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will argue that the economy is growing under the Con-Dem government as he puts public services under the knife in Parliament again today.

But a major ONS study of national wellbeing shows that the average income has fallen since the Con-Dems took office in 2010.

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