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Thu 11 Nov 2002No climbdown, FF backbenchers toldAngry Fianna Fáil backbenchers were told yesterday there would be no Government climb-down on the controversial decision to abolish the first-time house buyers' grant.More than 30 TDs, including two former ministers, lined up at a marathon meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party to express their anger at the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance over the house grant measure, and their general handling of the public finances.