Budget 2016: is George Osborne about to make more cuts?

Chancellor hints at further austerity measures during interview at G20 meeting in China

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George Osborne (right) chats to Jose Angel Gurria, the secretary general of the OECD, and US Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen in China
(Image credit: Rolex dela Pena - Pool/Getty Images)

A raft of weak economic data has prompted George Osborne to warn he might be forced to impose further austerity in his Budget in two weeks' time.

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