Spain's new conservative government has approved austerity measures, including $11.5bn in spending cuts.<br /><br />It is also maintaining a freeze on public servants' pay and banning almost all hiring.<br /><br />It says the budget deficit for 2011 is expected to be eight per cent of national income - the previous government put it at six per cent.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Madrid.
