Budget 2013: Digging deep for "aspiration nation"

THEY say when you are in a hole, stop digging.

George Osborne, faced with huge pressures in today's Budget, decided to throw away his shovel and jump aboard a digger.

The Chancellor's Help to Buy scheme is a boost to the long-suffering housebuilding sector and would-be homebuyers frustrated by a housing market frozen by a lack of decent mortgage deals.

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