Both are hopeful of winning their first ever seats in the House of Commons, although the UK's first-past-the-post system works against them.

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But in his update to the House of Commons on the state of the nation's finances, Mr Osborne announced that the UK economy was now forecast to shrink by a worse than expected 0.1% this year.

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He also told the House of Commons that all UK airports must have new "explosion trace detection equipment" by the end of the year.

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