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Economists back delay on government spending cuts

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More than 60 senior economists have signed two open letters that back the chancellor's decision to delay government spending cuts until 2011.

The letters in the Financial Times say that any measures to trim the budget deficit this year could risk dragging the country back into recession.

Hugh Pym reports.

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