PUTTING it in practical terms, the Chancellor yesterday told the nation we have only just entered the long, dark tunnel of austerity and are merely two years into an eight-year ordeal.
PUTTING it in practical terms, the Chancellor yesterday told the nation we have only just entered the long, dark tunnel of austerity and are merely two years into an eight-year ordeal.
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ANALYSIS MICHAEL SETTLE UK POLITICAL EDITOR
It's a sobering thought.
Having trailed the mini-Budget with comparatively upbeat announcements about a capital spending splurge and tackling the nasty multinational tax dodgers, it was always going to be the case that the meat of the Autumn Statement would be rather less appealing with confirmation the economy will actually shrink this year.
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