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Speaker Bercow ‘concerned’ by Treasury pre-briefing of Budget to the Evening Standard

By Darren Boyle

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been ordered to explain how details of yesterday’s Budget were leaked to the Evening Standard.

The newspaper tweeted details of the measures contained within the Budget shortly before Osborne had taken to the floor.

In a Parliamentary dressing down by Speaker John Bercow, Osborne has been asked whether it was Treasury policy to leak details of the Budget in advance.

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