But CBI director general Richard Lambert called the Budget "the UK's first important step on the long journey back to economic health".

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Most of all, there is nothing as satisfying as those moments where you step out on a dark night, the wind blowing, the rain beating down, with a long journey ahead - and decide to catch the Tube instead.

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