In an image grab from pooled video footage taken on December 5, 2012 British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) deliver the Autumn budget statement in the House of Commons in central London on December 5, 2012 as British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (R) listens. Osborne warned Britons that they faced an extra year of austerity measures and insisted that reversing his belt-tightening measures now would be a "disaster". RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / POOL " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - NO RESALE (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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