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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anna Isaac and Andrew Woodcock

Chancellor’s tax giveaways mean ‘painful’ £60bn spending cuts, IFS warns

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Kwasi Kwarteng must reverse his tax-cutting plans or impose a “savage” £60bn austerity hit to public services, experts and rebel Tories have warned.

Britain is set for recession until 2024, forcing the chancellor to abandon his mini-Budget giveaways or make a “painful” public sector cut of 15 per cent in order to get debt under control, the Institute of Fiscal Studies found.

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