Rachel Reeves has been handed a fiscal lifeline
The Office for Budget Responsibility has altered its models to factor in the benefits of public investment. That opens up space for the Chancellor.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Dr Steve Coulter leads Green Alliance’s work on greening the economy. Steve also taught and researched European political economy at the LSE. Previously, he worked in Brussels for the European Trade Union Institute, and for BBC News as an economics and business analyst and producer.
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