He unveiled a package of measures for the next three years to help boost growth, including investment in infrastructure projects and tax breaks for start-up companies, and help to get young people into work, as well as sweeteners to help families meet household bills.
The new forecasts emerged as George Osborne unveiled a series of new tax measures and sweeteners for oil and whisky businesses and the economy of north-eastern Scotland and the Highlands, where the Liberal Democrats are fighting to hold onto key Westminster seats.
Five years ago he imagined that by now he would have cut the deficit to below £40bn, providing the scope for some pre-election sweeteners.
Commercially produced British cider can be as little as 30% juice and packed with added sugar, artificial sweeteners, colourings and chemicals.
Someone else will pass you a tiny carton of sweeteners or some agave.
But Duncan Smith is not interested in the baubles of office, which means he is likely to be unmoved by any sweeteners to remain in office.
Patten sought to to downplay the scale of the £3m-plus severance sweeteners given to departing senior BBC executives, arguing that it is about half the cost of what BSkyB and BT pay to air half a Premiership match.
Over the past year, Malaysia's government has pushed debt work-outs, management shake-ups and an unravelling of corporate cross-holdings among the country's conglomerates.Last July, the government bought Renong, the country's most indebted company, with no special sweeteners for Halim Saad, the owner-manager.
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Greece will be on perilous terrain if it enters March without a deal in place.As for a long-term deal, Germany and others have dangled sweeteners before Greece, including an easing of debt terms and a lower primary-surplus target.
The latest deal also offers a further clutch of mostly symbolic sweeteners for the Sunnis, stressing Iraq's unity and Arab character.The largest Sunni party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, now backs the document, though some influential Sunni outfits, such as the Muslim Scholars' Board, are calling for a no vote or a boycott.
