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The Spring Statement Demonstrated The Wrong Way To Make Policy

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The Chancellor's unwavering commitment to her fiscal rules is understandable. But the Spring Statement didn't need to happen like this, argues the Ins...

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The Spring Statement Demonstrated The Wrong Way To Make Policy

The Chancellor's unwavering commitment to her fiscal rules is understandable. But the Spring Statement didn't need to happen like this, argues the Ins...

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Unpacking a grim Spring Statement

Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Andrew Marr and the IFS's Ben Zaranko.

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The Business Times

How did the UK's finances get into such a mess and what does the future hold?

The spring statement shone a light on the dire state of the UK finances – but how is it that our debt pile stands at £2.8trillion and we are paying over £100billion a year in interest? Labour suffered another bruising week, with the spring statement revealing the full scale of the welfare cuts on millions of households while the UK’s growth forecast was slashed in half for this year. Chancellor Rachel Reeves blamed 14 years of Tory rule and an u…

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Business in the News

Chancellor makes cuts to stay on course - Business in the News

It was anticipated that the Spring Statement would not offer any radical changes to the raft of tax measures announced in the Autumn Budget, but the Chancellor was under pressure to restore the headroom required to meet her fiscal rules in the face of a faltering economy and rising borrowing costs. Reducing the cost of welfare has received much attention in recent days and cuts were confirmed in the Chancellor’s speech alongside a focus on inve…

3 days ago

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khbrknews

How was the spring statement? Three experts give their verdicts on key – khbrknews

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement this week. Now we’ve heard the detail we’ve picked out three key policy areas from Labour’s plan for change – health, growth and housing – and asked three experts to give their verdict. Here’s their view on how the government is doing so far: Politics latest: Follow live updates Health The pledge: Ending hospital backlogs to meet the NHS standard of 92% of patients in England waiting no lon…

4 days ago

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cyclingelectric.com

Here’s how the Spring Statement could have saved the Government (and us) money

The post Opinion: Here’s how the Spring Statement could have saved the Government (and us) money appeared first on Cycling Electric. Yesterday the Chancellor unveiled her Spring Statement spending review, announcing a raft of policy adjustments designed to reduce the Government deficit and get public finances under control. You probably have your thoughts on it and I have mine, which I’ll share here. In the spirit of ‘staying in my lane’, you’ll…

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