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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Professor Danny Blanchflower & Professor Richard Murphy

'Austerity is something Britain simply can’t afford - and we will all pay the price'

We listened as the Prime Minister yesterday warned of “difficult ­decisions to come”.

We listened in disbelief to the Chancellor saying recently that “efficiency savings” might be required from every government department over coming months.

We know you mean cuts in the essential services on which we all rely, including the NHS. We believe these are unnecessary. We both predicted Liz Truss would wreck the economy before she became Prime Minister.

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