True to form, chancellor gordon brown delivered a politically masterful vision when he presented his spring Budget last week. The economy hit last year's growth target, the forecasts look good, in fact everything looks perfect. But is it? Can we trust the chancellor and the Treasury any more than we can trust Blair and the security services? Brown said the government is to look at strengthening the scrutiny of regulation in construction, but this seems only to apply to new regulatory proposals.
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