Budget Debate ends after 15 hours in 63-58 vote, the government's majority assured by its three support parties. Finance minister devotes his right of reply to an all-out attack on the Labour Party. A quarter of the daily dozen questions for ministers are about the new social bonds with the first project aimed at getting the mentally ill well enough to work.
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