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- Mr Hammond told ministers that the main themes of the Budget will be:
- - Helping young people get the skills they need to do high-skilled, high-paid jobs in the future;
- - Giving more children the chance to go to a good or outstanding school; and
- - Continuing the work of bringing down the deficit, so the country can "get back to living within its means"
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