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Will Kenneth Clarke, the Chancellor, be going for broke in next Tuesday's Budget with a massive pre-election giveaway? Or will he be steering the path of prudence with a fiscally neutral Budget. Either way, what the Chancellor announces next week could seal the Government's fate in the election.

Read about the outcome in 20 pages of unparalleled Budget news, analysis and comment in next Wednesday's Independent. Coverage will include full details of how the Budget will effect you, the individual, together with its financial impact on the family, business and the City.

In-depth analysis of the Government's spending plans and its management of the public finances will be carried alongside reaction, and unmatched reporting of the politicals of the Budget. Coopers & Lybrand, the accountants, will be on hand to to crunch the numbers and bring you up to the minute analysis of how the Budget affects each catagory of income group and family unit.

All this together with the Independent's established team of top drawer commentators - Andrew Marr, Donald MacIntyre, Polly Toynbee, Gavyn Davies of Goldman Sachs, Suzanne Moore, Hamish McRae, David Aaronovitch and Jeremy Warner