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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Child benefit cap
Posted by: Robert Fish
Date/Time: 25/07/24 18:12:00

With apologies for deviation, all these money problems could be addressed if the inflexible 'fiscal rules' were abandoned. Unless the government borrows to fund both capital and current expenditure, we'll never manage to restore the damage done to all public services by the last administration, and won't achieve the growth that Labour seek. As Andy Haldane, former Chief Economist of the BoE observed in an FT article recently: “By constraining investment and stunting growth, these are self-defeating -  they need to be replaced with rules that prioritise growth and seek to maximise national net worth, not minimise gross debt.”

Sadly, Rachel Reeves seems to be too timid to challenge the post-Thatcherite fiscal orthodoxy. What is needed is boldness, not further retrenchment.

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Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts24/07/24 20:49:00 Denis Ian Fox
   Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 10:14:00 Steve Taylor
      Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 12:24:00 Vanessa Smith
         Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 13:53:00 Richard Greenhough
            Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 14:28:00 Paul Fisher
               Re:Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 15:45:00 Keith Iddon
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 16:28:00 Robert Fish
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 17:29:00 Steve Taylor
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 18:12:00 Robert Fish
            Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 17:20:00 Susan Kelly
               Re:Re:Re:Child benefit cap25/07/24 18:21:00 Claire Moran
   Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 17:21:00 Susan Kelly
      Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 18:03:00 Keith Iddon
         Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 18:09:00 Keith Iddon
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 18:12:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 20:29:00 Janice Evans
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 21:06:00 Steve Taylor
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts25/07/24 21:12:00 Steve Taylor
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 09:31:00 Janice Evans
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 09:34:00 Janice Evans
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 09:42:00 Janice Evans
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 10:03:00 Steve Taylor
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 10:21:00 Janice Evans
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 10:26:00 Janice Evans
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts27/07/24 13:57:00 Brian Coyle
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts27/07/24 15:47:00 Janice Evans
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts27/07/24 16:01:00 Andrew Jones
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts27/07/24 17:46:00 Steve Taylor
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts28/07/24 02:15:00 Andrew Jones
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts28/07/24 10:26:00 Steve Taylor
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts27/07/24 17:42:00 Steve Taylor
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts28/07/24 09:08:00 Janice Evans
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts28/07/24 09:14:00 Janice Evans
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 09:57:00 Richard Greenhough
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir, enjoying the Spoils but delivering harsh handouts26/07/24 12:20:00 Steve Taylor
               Re:Sew Sow.....26/07/24 09:55:00 Richard Greenhough
                  Re:Re:Sew Sow.....26/07/24 12:41:00 Robert Fish
                     Re:Re:Re:Sew Sow.....26/07/24 12:45:00 Richard Greenhough
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Sew Sow.....26/07/24 13:33:00 Robert Fish
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sew Sow.....26/07/24 14:58:00 Steve Taylor
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Sew Sow.....28/07/24 07:57:00 Philippa Bond
                                 Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins. 30/07/24 16:45:00 Steve Taylor
                                    Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. and Tory austerity stays... 30/07/24 22:57:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. and Tory austerity stays... 31/07/24 09:10:00 Steve Taylor
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. and Tory austerity stays... 31/07/24 15:01:00 Keith Iddon
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 31/07/24 15:18:00 Richard Greenhough
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 31/07/24 15:38:00 Steve Taylor
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 31/07/24 16:32:00 Denis I. Fox
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 31/07/24 17:08:00 Steve Taylor
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 31/07/24 17:25:00 Julian Pavey
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 31/07/24 17:45:00 Janice Evans
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 11:20:00 David Turner
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 11:22:00 David Turner
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 11:27:00 Steve Taylor
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 15:19:00 Keith Iddon
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 15:41:00 Steve Taylor
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 15:48:00 Keith Iddon
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 16:11:00 Richard Greenhough
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 16:31:00 David Turner
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Rachel Reeves austerity begins.. 01/08/24 22:19:00 Janice Evans

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