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Thinktank says 2010-2019 spending would have been £540bn higher had previous plans been stuck to
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Thinktank says 2010-2019 spending would have been £540bn higher had previous plans been stuck to
How did a £70bn “hole” become a £30bn “surplus”? The answer is that we’re doing economic policy wrong.
The government’s own arbitrary target is the source of this ‘shortfall’, says James Meadway of the Progressive Economy Forum
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The government's justification for upcoming UK tax rises and spending cuts is shaky, economists say.