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h moment promise in Budget of fiscal claustrophobia#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/cTPA95IZvt Related: Budget 2016: George Osborne to announce fresh austerity measures Related: George Osborne keeps austerity in intellect for his eighth budget 8.22am GMTRules are made to be broken,according to US general Douglas MacArthur. But George Osborne is only likely to partially follow that advice today. Economists are confident that the chancellor will miss his goal of cutting Britain’s national debt, as a percentage of national output, or in the 2015-16 financial year.
Why has deficit reduction failed to keep pace?Not so much ec growth but more weak wage growth which = weak income-based tax assume #Budget2016Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com