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Budget will slash 1.3 million jobs: 8 in the morning – June 30th

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Treasury estimates suggest that 1.3 million jobs will be lost over the next 5 years as a result of the "austerity budget". * "Think 1980s. Think Boys from the Black Stuff. Think a new lost generation."…

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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Treasury estimates suggest that 1.3 million jobs will be lost over the next 5 years as a result of the “austerity budget”.

* “Think 1980s. Think Boys from the Black Stuff. Think a new lost generation.” Larry Elliott says that slashing the deficit will have a disastrous impact on the North.

* Prison works – says Jack Straw in an article for the Daily Mail.

* “He’s the business-friendly son of the manse who helped make Labour electable after 18 years in the wilderness, blah blah. But grumpy? JK Rowling calls him “affable, funny and gregarious.” – Gordon Brown makes it into the hilarious Guardian “Pass Notes” series.

* One of the more rotund members of the cabinet has upgraded his car. Shall we call him one jag?

* Rapping football legend John Barnes thinks the key to success in the World Cup is Socialism.

* Next Left analyses the facts behind Barnes’s assertion.

* And the Mirror suggests that other leadership candidates are “nicking” Ed Balls’ ideas.