tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post406875518428443768..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: Spend a little, live a lotsimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-58042084889180101712010-06-29T17:57:11.531+01:002010-06-29T17:57:11.531+01:00Well, one assumes that those are the figures befor...Well, one assumes that those are the figures before the autumn spending round which promises a 25%cut in all departments except health and overseas aid - otherwise there's a lot of scary rhetoric in the air.<br />On page 52 of the Red Book there's an indication of scale of cuts in the Spending Envelope for Spending Review 2010 which posits quite deep cuts from the headline total.<br />We'll see, I guesssimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-26139794093012887762010-06-29T15:57:33.965+01:002010-06-29T15:57:33.965+01:00Interesting that you think economists tell it like...Interesting that you think economists tell it like it is when they all say different things! Krugman could be right but we should be okay then because Britain's public spending is destined to increase every year from now until 2015, rising from £669 billion in Labour's last year to £737 billion by 2015.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com