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摘要

And they say there's no such thing as a black cloud without a silver lining? As local government rolls with the blows of further in-year £200m public health cuts, Diary can see the bright side. Yes, among the early pain ahead of the Emergency Budget, chancellor George Osborne took aim at what Diary previously regarded as the most egregious example of pork barrel politics ever put before a gullible public. To wit, he has played a crucial role in helping axe the Whitehall project to tackle aggressive seagulls. This Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) scheme, suggested at the behest of former Bath Lib Dem MP Don Foster, was announced as recently as the March Budget.