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World Service,28 Oct 2010,18 mins

How will the axe fall?

Business Daily

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What will be the effects of sweeping cuts in British government spending? We hear from Bronwyn Curtis, an economist from HSBC and Nick Jones from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Also, from a small business which serves the public sector about how it will lose out: Hugh Morgan Williams is chairman of Canford Group. Could austerity measures end up de-railing the economy? Plus, Wycliffe Muga on how rich governments decide where to spend foreign aid money.

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