We must consider long-term issues in handling deficit
The winds of change are definitely blowing through UK economic policy making. In the March 2017 Budget the Chancellor Philip Hammond had already indicated that he was taking a more relaxed view as to how long it might take to re-balance the UK budget deficit. The internal debate within the Conservative government on issues such as tuition fees and the public sector pay cap implies that containing public spending is no longer regarded as sacrosanct.
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Dr Esmond Birnie
Senior Economist (Economic Research) Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics +44 28 9036 6243 esmond.birnie@ulster.ac.uk 01H13 - Jordanstown campus