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  George Osborne targets welfare as he warns of £25bn more cuts
  
  Chancellor George Osborne warns 2014 will be a "year of hard truths"
  
  A further £25bn spending cuts - much of it from the welfare budget - will be needed after the next election, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.
  
  He said more austerity lay ahead, as the job was "not even half done".
  
  He suggested making welfare savings by cutting housing benefit for under-25s and restricting council housing for those earning over £65,000 a year.
  
  But Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said targeting the working-age poor was "extreme... unrealistic and unfair".
  
  Mr Osborne wants to set the political baseline for the economic argument in the run up to the next general election. "
  
  The Lib Dem leader said he had a "very different vision" from the Conservatives about how to balance the books during the next Parliament and believed the wealthy should pay more in tax.
  
  If you are rich or wealthy....some of you will vote Tory....if you have a social conscience ...give it some thought...
  
  Everyone else ..........its a no brainer ...........

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