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<p>This Election Briefing Note looks at the planned levels of borrowing under Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and the differences in terms of tax and public spending for the period up to March 2004. In addition, we analyse differences between the parties in their plans for expenditure in particular fields.</p>
Authors
Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.
European Commission (formerly IFS staff)
Nicolas Bloom
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- IFS
Suggested citation
N, Bloom and C, Emmerson and C, Frayne. (2001). The main parties' tax and spending proposals. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/main-parties-tax-and-spending-proposals (accessed: 28 March 2024).
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