Good morning, and happy Easter. Story after story in recent months – and years – has led to the same conclusion, from Conservatives and Labour alike: the British state simply cannot afford to do what it used to.
If the “magic money tree” is bare, that leaves two possibilities: either people who really need help won’t get it, or people are getting help who don’t really need it. The first of these is not an admission that the government is likely to make. And so they are forced to rely on the second.
