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Will the cuts to "Short Money" reduce scrutiny of the government?
17th March 2016
In George Osborne's previous Budget (aka the Autumn Statement) back in November, he announced that so-called Short Money - the money given to opposition parties to help them conduct their affairs in Parliament - would face the same cuts to funding of 19% as unprotected Whitehall departments.
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