By Natasha Clark

Your taxes are going up, but it's not my fault.

That was the main message from the Chancellor today as she gave an unusual address from Downing Street.

It's less than three weeks until she will deliver her Budget - just about the time we see her bat off question after question on what we may expect.

There was a lot of that today, but the Treasury clearly saw merit in laying the pitch for another difficult fiscal event.

The Chancellor appeared nervous this morning as she appeared at the podium in No. 9 to tell us that we would all have to do our bit to help repair the dire state of the public finances and get us on the road to recovery.

She attempted to lay the blame not on her government or the choices it has made over the........

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