It has, at the same time, said that if Plan B is needed it should be a monetary, not fiscal, stimulus that is deployed primarily, and where fiscal policy is involved at all it should be - as it was for Labour remember in late 2008 - tax cuts that kick in first.

BBC: IMF set out a 'Plan B' for George Osborne

The nation should not have to choose between an immensely powerful conventional and nuclear force-projection system like the B-2 and affordable, global defenses against ballistic missile strikes.

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