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Will the Chancellor's Budget bring austerity to an end? A former advisor to George Osborne, Rupert Harrison thinks not. He tells Â鶹Éç Radio 4's The World at One Theresa May's declaration that "austerity is over" has now "raised expectations that cannot be met". He says perhaps a "more modest promise of being able to ease up a bit, showing that prudence had a purpose...would have been a little bit wiser." (Photo: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Credit: PA)