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Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2007- 2010

Prime Minister David Cameron wants to wipe out the country's spiralling budget deficit within five years. Former Chancellor Alistair Darling talks to Stephen Sackur.

Britain's Conservative-led coalition is about to unveil the most dramatic cuts in public expenditure since World War II. Prime Minister David Cameron wants to wipe out the country's spiralling budget deficit within five years; he also wants to redefine the relationship between the citizen and the state.

Former Chancellor Alistair Darling is now free of the responsibilities of office, so what's his message to his party and the country? He talks to Stephen Sackur.

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