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  1. Standard and Poors downgrades Spain to negative http://bit.ly/8j21rE
  2. Gilt prices volatile after Budget report http://bit.ly/83eGWS
  3. Sterling continues to push lower after Pre Budget Report $GBPUSD 1.6210, $EURGBP 0.9080
  4. Standard Chartered trading update lifts banks STAN http://bit.ly/6lzDgU
  5. An almost 10 basis point move in the yield over the last hour. 3.982/3.89
  6. 10 year gilt futures traded between 117.11 and 116.38
  7. Markets pretty much un-moved by all of that $GBPUSD 1.6305, $EURGBP 0.9044, #FTSE 5,230. However 10 year gilt futures very choppy
  8. #pbr Osborne sits down - all over now - let the dust settle
  9. #pbr Osborne "message to families in this report - the Labour party is not for you"
  10. #pbr Osborne "Chancellor is "ring fencing a black-hole"
  11. #pbr Osborne "The Prime Minister has led youth unemployment to a record high"
  12. #pbr Osborne "Darling has not restored confidence in Treasury forecasts"
  13. Now George is on #pbr
  14. All done #pbr
  15. Higher NI insurance contributions by 0.5% from April 2011 on salaries over £20k #pbr
  16. Armed forces exempt from pay cap #pbr
  17. Public sector pay settlements to be capped at 1% for 2 years from 2011 #pbr
  18. Government contributions to public sector pensions to be cut by £1bn per year #pbr
  19. Current public spending to decrease by 0.8% per year between 2011 and 2014 #pbr
  20. Public Spending to grow 2.2% in 2010/11. Darling says its not the time for a spending review #pbr