U.K. stakes its future on plan to restore finances

Thursday, October 21, 2010

LONDON -- Fighting record debt, the British government on Wednesday outlined the largest cuts to public spending since World War II -- slashing benefits and thousands of public sector jobs with an austerity plan aimed at restoring the nation's finances.

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