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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Larry Elliott Economics editor

The broken state of UK economy is clear; Hunt and Starmer’s solutions are less so

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, speaks at the Resolution Foundation conference in London.
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, speaks at the Resolution Foundation conference in London. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Britain’s economy is broken. That was the simple message given by the Resolution Foundation thinktank in the final report of its long-running look into the state of the nation.

Monday’s conference to launch the report was a high-powered affair, containing past and present members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, Richard Hughes, and other members of the great and good.

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