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LIVE UPDATES • SARAH BURNS AND KATIE MELLETT • 9 minutes ago • The State's budgetary watchdog has strongly criticised the Government's budget, warning it puts the public finances on “a worse trajectory”, while increasing the State's reliance on “high-risk corporation tax”. Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger claimed Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers had come into the Dáil and gone “full-on Musk” to announce a Doge-style operation in the public sector.

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