26th July, 2011, 10:41 am

The Osborne effect – 9 months on

Mark Ferguson

GDP growth – 9 months before the spending review vs 9 months after

Osborne effect 9 months

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Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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