Discipline is needed with this budget

Whether ministers admit it or not, the process of preparing for the next budget is already under way.

Whether ministers admit it or not, the process of preparing for the next budget is already under way. Watch Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton warn about the dangers of further welfare cuts and call for increases in the minimum wage, and see how Labour backbenchers echo her calls; hear Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton assert that tax cuts are what the economy needs to stimulate growth.

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