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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Kwarteng’s tax-slashing bonanza will add less than 0.1% to GDP, study warns

Reuters

Kwasi Kwarteng’s huge tax cuts will add less than 0.1 per cent to GDP each year, a new analysis is warning – while costing £82bn in debt interest alone over five years.

The chancellor’s plan – which has forced the Bank of England to intervene to calm market turmoil – will fail to haul the UK’s stagnant economy up to his target of 2.5 per cent annual growth, the study warns.

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