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UK public services in ‘doom loop’ due to short-term policies, thinktank warns

The Guardian

Institute for Government says ‘crumbling’ services are far worse than when Tories took power in 2010 Britain’s public services are stuck in a “doom loop” of recurring crises as a result of ministers’ short-term policymaking, a thinktank has warned.

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The British people ‘just got a lot poorer’, says IFS thinktank

The Guardian

In his verdict on the chancellor’s autumn statement , Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), said the government was “reaping the costs of a long-term failure to grow the economy”, along with an ageing population and high levels of historic borrowing.

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Jeremy Hunt says he has not ‘ducked difficult decisions’ as OBR says living standards growth wiped out – autumn statement live

The Guardian

Chancellor denies postponing financial pain as fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of income growth wiped out In the Commons Rishi Sunak is making a statement about the G20 summit. These statements are normally routine, and just summarise what was said or decided at the meeting. They don’t normally include fresh announcements.