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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Government may consider benefits cut to help fund tax breaks for rich, economists warn

The Independent

Liz Truss’s government is on course to make public spending cuts of almost £50bn a year after the “unenforced error” of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget, according to top economists.

Experts at the Resolution Foundation warned that Britain’s public sector was heading for a return to the austerity period imposed by the David Cameron-led Tory government.

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