Can the UK do budget Bidenomics?
Following Trump's victory, President Biden's flagship policy agenda looks dead in the water. Can Labour do it better?
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Jonny Ball
Jonny Ball is associate editor of the New Statesman's policy section and supplement, Spotlight. He writes on a range of topics, including localism, devolution and regional economies. He also writes and edits The Green Transition – a weekly newsletter on green industrial policy.
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