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Finance quote of the week

By Damien Fahy
1 min read Published: 21 May 2010

’Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left’

The note left to the Liberal Democrat David Laws, the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury, by the  his predecessor Liam Byrne.

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