Richmond Park MP Jenny Tonge has said she feels encouraged by Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget provisions.

Dr Tonge said she was satisfied because Budget provisions coincided with so many of the Liberal Democrat's manifesto.

She said: "He has now started reform of the tax and benefit systems which will ensure that people will not be better off staying at home."

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