Budget 2014: Businesses need to "export more, build more and manufacture more"

THE Chancellor today unveiled a series of measures including tax breaks to boost productivity, exports and manufacturing as he set out to reassure critics that the Government was backing Britain's businesses.

Whilst choosing to reinforce the need for continued austerity to keep the economic recovery moving in the right direction, Mr Osborne pledged to support manufacturers and to "back all regions of our country" as he announced a £7bn package to cut energy bills for manufacturers and other businesses.

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