Kelly built up an insurmountable lead over her 14 opponents in a low turnout race to replace Jackson, who resigned amid a federal corruption investigation and earlier this month agreed to plead guilty to certain charges in an investigation into his spending campaign money for personal use.
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Nevertheless, the chancellor did find money from squeezing day-to-day spending to pay for important personal and business tax cuts and a multi-billion pound attempt to boost the construction industry.