22/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - “It is paradoxical that a government should build up such a deficit in a time of economic growth”, Timothy Kirkhope, leader of the British Conservatives at the European parliament, said, commenting on the Commission's report on Wednesday (EUROPE 9032). “If the economy takes a turn for the worse, the UK will be severely hampered because of the Chancellor's reckless spending spree”, he states in a press release. “The UK is constantly lecturing the rest of...