When the coalition came to power, it envisaged eradicating the black hole in the public finances within five years, paving the way for big handouts by the time of this election. With the job only half done, things have hardly worked out this way, but the Chancellor nonetheless has a few billion with which to butter up the electorate in this Budget.
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