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16 March 2016updated 05 Oct 2023 8:17am

Why it doesn’t matter at all that George Osborne is breaking yet another fiscal rule

Following his Budget, the Chancellor will be breaking two out of three of his own fiscal rules.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Having delivered this year’s Budget, it’s clear that George Osborne will be breaking two out of three of his own fiscal rules.

He has failed to meet his promise to cut debt as a share of GDP this year, and has also failed to impose his target cap on welfare spending by u-turning on his tax credit cuts policy last year.

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