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Budget reaction – 8 in the morning, 25th March

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * The "untheatrical sobriety was Darling's day of vindication", writes Polly Toynbee. * Steve Richards of the Independent says views of the budget were drawn down ideological lines. * Labour PPC for Leeds West…

8am

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* The “untheatrical sobriety was Darling’s day of vindication”, writes Polly Toynbee.

* Steve Richards of the Independent says views of the budget were drawn down ideological lines.

* Labour PPC for Leeds West Rachel Reeves says the budget made the right judgement between frtonline services and halving the deficit.

* Sunder Katwala told Left Foot Forward: The promise (or threat) of an emergency George Osborne budget could become a significant liability in the election campaign.”

* The Mirror says the budget will “rightly hammer the super rich and get Labour back into power”.

* The Telegraph have called it a “raid on the middle class”.

* While the Sun says Darling “screwed more people than JT, Ashley and Tiger.”

* The Times says Darling spoke for an hour but “managed to say almost nothing”.