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Budget reaction – 8 in the morning, 25th March

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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”.

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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