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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Hunt budget means spending cuts will be even more painful than austerity era, top economists warn

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Jeremy Hunt’s economic plans have put Britain on course for drastic public sector cuts even more “painful” that the austerity period of the 2010s, top economists have warned.

The Conservative chancellor boasted of handing out the biggest tax cuts since the 1980s – but experts say he offered no credible plan to deliver the huge spending cuts now required.

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