Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has identified public sector pay, the public property portfolio, and Regional Development Agencies as ways to cut the national deficit ahead of Budget 2010.

His views on property and the economy could be highly influential in the event of a hung parliament.

Here, he spells out the Cable approach in an exclusive interview at the CB Richard Ellis State of the Nation conference on 11 March:

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