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By: Dimitri Zenghelis

Dimitri Zenghelis is a senior visiting fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the LSE, an advisor to the Bennett Institute at the University of Cambridge and a partner at Independent Economics. He was formerly head of economic forecasting at HM Treasury

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  • Reeves’ straitjacket: Why Britain’s spending problem is political, not economic

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    Public spending should not be held hostage to the OBR’s latest spreadsheet projections, as if the future of school funding hangs on whether GDP is revised up by 0.1 per cent. Our leaders should acknowledge that fiscal headroom is a political choice, says Dimitri Zenghelis The UK government is right to focus on investment and [...]

    Labour ministers have been asked to stop relying on Treasury reserve funds to pay staff more cash.

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