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Charlie Mullins, founder, Pimlico Plumbers:
"I've just listened to Alistair Darling and quite frankly I don't believe it.
"This has got to have been the worst Pre-Budget Report for businesses, and for workers, I have ever seen. Ramping up National Insurance is no way to get us out of trouble. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and have been attacked at the very time when they need help the most. These are the people who are going to get us out of trouble and penalising them is plain stupidity in my book.
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