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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

Scrap ‘petty and arbitrary’ fiscal rules and invest, top economist who advised Labour urges

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Labour and the Conservatives should drop “petty and arbitrary fiscal rules” holding back growth, a top economist who recently advised the opposition has said.

Jim O’Neill, a former Treasury minister, was appointed by shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves last year to review her party’s business and investment policies.

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