“Extra funding for the NHS, with 50,000 more nurses… millions more invested every week in science, schools, apprenticeships and infrastructure.” Those were the headline promises in the 2019 Tory manifesto.
Today they read like a sick joke. Having trashed the public finances, the Conservatives look set to impose another round of austerity. If, as reported, there is a £40bn “black hole” in government accounts, then big public spending cuts are on the way.
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