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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Middleton

Labour and Tories ‘avoiding reality’ of sharp spending cuts after general election, says think-tank

PA Wire

Labour and the Conservatives are “avoiding the reality” that their economic plans will mean they will have to enact “sharp” spending cuts after the general election, a leading economic think tank has warned.

In an analysis published on Tuesday, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said neither of the main parties appeared “serious about the underlying principle of getting debt falling”.

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