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IFS says UK needs £40bn of tax rises and spending cuts to balance books
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'Build back better'? Sunak's spending review will further impoverish Britain | John McDonnell
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Sunak's Covid rescue plan 'will fail to help long-term wage stagnation'
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Rishi Sunak says Covid economic emergency has only just begun
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Rishi Sunak's £4.8bn 'levelling-up' UK fund met with scepticism
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UK private pensions 'set to lose £96bn' from switch from RPI inflation measure
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UK will need £27bn of spending cuts or tax rises, watchdog warns
Office for Budget Responsibility says tough decisions needed to fill spending gap by 2024The government will need to find up to £27bn worth of...
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