What’s the secret to fixing the UK’s public finances? Here’s what our panel of experts would do
- Written by Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
Unexpected growth in the UK economy isn’t enough to detract from the gaping hole in the country’s public finances. Speculation is ramping up about what steps the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, might take to plug the gap come the budget in autumn – and there are no shortage of ideas. The trouble is, each comes with...