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Tories drop Labour spending pledge

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The Conservatives are dropping their pledge to match Labour's spending plans for 2010/11, leader David Cameron says.

The Tories had promised to match the totals for Labour's spending plans from 2008 to 2011 - subject to a review in 2009 of the 2010/11 spending total.

Nick Robinson reports.

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