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19 October 2010updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

How to cut the deficit

Tomorrow, we’ll be told there is no alternative. In fact, there exist several spending alternatives

By Michael Meacher

The mood of sour resignation before the nation shortly meets its Spending Review fate is palpable. Yet rarely have such momentous decisions been preceded by such misinformation and muffling of public debate. The sense of foreboding and inevitability is seriously misplaced.

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