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Levelling up: what might it mean for public spending?
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Labour manifesto: an initial reaction from IFS researchers
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Liberal Democrat Manifesto: an initial reaction from IFS researchers
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Conservatives and Labour happy to borrow to invest, but their commitments to run a surplus on the current budget leaves little room for further net giveaways
The Chancellor and Shadow Chancellor have both outlined the fiscal targets that they would seek to adhere to. Mr Javid has chosen to adopt a forward-looking rolling target aimed at current budget balance. In other words, day-to-day spending could not exceed total revenues. This is very similar in ...
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Public finances: where are we now?
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