There's a growing political imperative to give voters a dividend after years of restraint – and the economy is looking strong enough to do so.
Rob Hosking Mon, 25 Mar 2013
Don't rule out a Budget surprise on May 16.
Not a big-bang surprise, perhaps – and probably not anything which will actually happen this year.
But a combination of underlying economic trends, plus political imperatives, mean something that will make a bit of a splash is looking
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