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U.K. austerity plan off track Add to ...

Britain will have to endure austerity until 2018, after the government said it had missed a key debt target. Finance Minister George Osborne said UK growth will be weaker than expected and introduced real-terms cuts to welfare. But there was some good news for business as he announced a 1% cut to corporation tax. Joanna Partridge reports