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George Parker of The Financial Times looks back at a mixed week for the chancellor George Osborne. The sumptuous state visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping highlighted the economic benefits of trade with China, but at Westminster many Conservative MPs were unhappy about cuts to tax credits. With the House of Lords planning to derail the measure a constitutional crisis is in the offing. Plus how to manage an orderly spending review.
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