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Budget 2015: Full text of Ed Miliband’s response

Mr Deputy Speaker, never has the gap between the Chancellor’s rhetoric and the reality of people’s lives been greater than it was today.

This is a Budget people won’t believe from a government that’s not on their side.

Because of their record.

Because of their instincts.

Because of their plans for the future.

And because of a Budget, most extraordinarily, that had no mention of investment in our National Health Service and our vital public services.

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