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Budget fallout – 8 in the morning, June 23rd

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Writing for the Mirror – David Miliband says the budget will “hit the poorest hardest”.

* LabourList covered the Labour reaction as it happened yesterday – you can read it all here.

* Liam Byrne thinks that Vince Cable is the new Norman Lamont.

* Meanwhile Tom Harris thinks that yesterday was the day Cable’s reputation as a “national treausre” was laid to rest.

* In the Independent, Steve Richards says this is “the beginning of the end of the state”.

* Anthony Painter explains the overlooked horror for single mothers in the budget.

* Left Foot Forward explain why the budget is regressive, not progressive.

* And away from the budget – Burnham says that Labour was damaged by “factionalism” and “infighting”.

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