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Healey’s ‘risky’ budget slammed for failing to tackle worst decade for UK growth on record

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The IndependentHealey’s ‘risky’ budget slammed for failing to tackle worst decade for UK growth on record
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The influential Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warns ‘no amount of temporary cost of living packages’ will fix lack of household income growth in a damning indictment of Andy Burnham’s approach to government

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