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Two parties obsessed with government debt
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Two parties obsessed with government debt

In the UK it doesn't matter who you vote for in the July election, you'll have a government prepared to compromise public services and risk future growth rather an obsession with government debt.
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Imagine if Keir Starmer, the UK Labour leader, had said, let’s not get too obsessed with government debt. If we go down that road we won‘t be able to provide the public services we need, our infrastructure will crumble further and we’ll simply see the country’s productivity erode further by the day. Unfortunately, he didn’t say that. Instead, he has ple…

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