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Should government cut party funding?

One of the lesser-noticed proposals in George Osborne's spending review last week was the decision to cut short money - the funding given to opposition parties.

Shadow leader of the Commons Chris Bryant said the government had "unilaterally" cut the money and behaved in a "despicable" way.

But Conservative MP Neil Parish said it was right to cut the cost of politics.

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