Society, Politics & Law
Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette
...footprints are clearly visible on the spending boost the chancellor unveiled in his first Autumn Statement. Balls regularly castigated the 2010-15 coalition government for being too hasty to cut public spending and raise VAT. He called, in particular, for a boost to infrastructure, skills and housing investment on the basis that without it, a stifled economic recovery...