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A.Stringer<p>"Taken together, the OBR findings show more clearly than ever before that the cost of taking action to tackle climate change would be far lower than the cost of unchecked warming."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a>: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Netzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netzero</span></a> is much cheaper than thought for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> –&nbsp;and unchecked <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a> far more costly - Carbon Brief<br><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero-is-much-cheaper-than-thought-for-uk-and-unchecked-global-warming-far-more-costly/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero-i</span><span class="invisible">s-much-cheaper-than-thought-for-uk-and-unchecked-global-warming-far-more-costly/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenenergy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKeconomy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukgrowth</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/governmentborrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentborrowing</span></a></p>
Grassroots for Europe🇪🇺<p>"The Economic Impact of Brexit" performs a ‘Brexit audit’, and takes the Office of Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) view of the economic impact – that withdrawal would reduce productivity, and thus GDP by about 4 per cent compared to a Remain scenario; trade by about 15 per cent, and have a sizeable impact on investment and a smaller one on losses of GDP stemming from lower net migration.<br>The predictions 'have been borne out'. <br><a href="https://fedtrust.co.uk/the-economic-impact-of-brexit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedtrust.co.uk/the-economic-im</span><span class="invisible">pact-of-brexit/</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FederalTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalTrust</span></a></p>
BackUpNRW Betroffenenberatung<p>🛑 Mehr Gewalt gegen wohnungslose Menschen:</p><p>Auch bodo e.V. beobachtet, dass Angriffe auf schlafende Menschen, Verletzungen, zerstörtes Hab &amp; Gut zunehmen.</p><p>Verstärkt wird das durch einen stigmatisierenden Diskurs, der Ausgrenzung und Gewalt fördert.</p><p>bodo e.V. begleitet wohnungslose Menschen in Bochum &amp; Dortmund – und macht auf diese Entwicklungen aufmerksam.</p><p>📄 Mehr Infos im Hintergrundpapier zur Jahresbilanz<br>➡️<a href="https://backup-nrw.org/category/aktuelles/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">backup-nrw.org/category/aktuel</span><span class="invisible">les/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jahresbilanz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jahresbilanz2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rechte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rechte</span></a> Gewalt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackUpNRW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackUpNRW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bodoev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bodoev</span></a></p>
pennine<p>Imagine the UK having an extra £100B - £140Billion 2 spend every year, amazing. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> analysis shows this is the amount the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> disaster has robbed the British people of. We must now get much closer 2 our <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> family, the EU with the UK is a more effective power for good. <a href="https://shorturl.at/yGX5s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shorturl.at/yGX5s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/StandwithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandwithUkraine</span></a></p>
pennine<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> is costing the UK 4% of GDP per year, <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> has calculated. This is a disaster. For the sake of the British people we must reverse this self inflicted wound or the UK will wither. UK growth could become permanently negative if this continues. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/StandwithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandwithUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://shorturl.at/C5hRh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shorturl.at/C5hRh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Oh fuck off you gaslighting privileged Tory wanker....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AwfulApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AwfulApril</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>It's almost like our 'super bestest fwend' doesn't care what happens to us, isn't it?<br>Shall we embarrass ourselves even more by pretending the Special Relationship is real and will protect us from Tariffs? <br> Who needs self respect and dignity when you can have a Trump Trade Deal instead? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>When GDP growth is the aim, anything can be justified. The blinkered <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> cheers on the absolutely unnecessary destruction of green spaces.<br> <br>Planning reforms offer a bright spot for Rachel Reeves – but grey areas exist | Heather Stewart | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/30/planning-reforms-offer-a-bright-spot-for-rachel-reeves-but-grey-areas-exist" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/30/planning-reforms-offer-a-bright-spot-for-rachel-reeves-but-grey-areas-exist</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GrednBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrednBelt</span></a></p>
Political Cartoon Gallery<p>Matt @MattCartoonist on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Borrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Borrowing</span></a> @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com</p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> 'unexpected'. Only if you can't do your sums <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> . Try listening to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> (senior <a href="https://mas.to/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> #'servants). They can all do their <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sums</span></a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>A more balanced, less partisan analysis of the Spring budget statement. Some relatively good, &amp; some not so great news.</p><p><a href="https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rachel-reeves-spring-statement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instituteforgovernment.org.uk/</span><span class="invisible">comment/rachel-reeves-spring-statement</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpringStatement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpringStatement</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/springbudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springbudget</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/obrforecast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obrforecast</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKeconomy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiscalrules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiscalrules</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>Dire statements from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> head this morning.<br>Said <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/housebuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housebuilding</span></a> stagnation is due to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> restrictions and we should build on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreenBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenBelt</span></a>.<br>No mention of the 1 million plus unbuilt homes for which developers have permission.<br>Swallowed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeveloperLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeveloperLobby</span></a> propaganda.<br>See <a href="https://www.communityplanningalliance.org/uploads/1/3/9/4/139430416/241211_homes_for_everyone_finaldec24_cpa.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">communityplanningalliance.org/</span><span class="invisible">uploads/1/3/9/4/139430416/241211_homes_for_everyone_finaldec24_cpa.pdf</span></a> last section.<br>And <a href="https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/our-response-to-the-new-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cpre.org.uk/news/our-response-</span><span class="invisible">to-the-new-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"Falling domestic confidence"</p><p>I WONDER WHAT COULD BE DRIVING THAT?!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Rachel Reeves delivers key speech as OBR cuts UK growth forecast in half <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/865312/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/865312/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HeathrowAirport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeathrowAirport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OfficeForBudgetResponsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeForBudgetResponsibility</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKInflationRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKInflationRate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WelfareBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareBenefits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WelfareCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareCuts</span></a></p>
pennine<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReformUK</span></a> says “scrapping net zero and related subsidies” would save £30bn per year. The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a>'s well researched scenario of “unmitigated global warming” showing UK public sector net debt rising to 300% of GDP by end of the century due to a hotter climate. Reform's delusion is clear. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Kölle for Future<p><strong>One Billion Rising</strong></p><p>14.02.25 – 16 bis 18 Uhr – Alter Markt – Köln</p><p>Weltweiter Aktionstag gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen</p><p>Reblog von One Billion Rising Köln </p><p>Zum 13. Mal werden wir uns hier in Köln zusammen mit Millionen von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt erheben und gemeinsam zur OBR-Hymne „Break the Chain“ gegen Gewalt an Frauen* und Mädchen* tanzen.Außerdem wird es einige Redebeiträge und Live-Musik geben, auch von&nbsp; Marie Enganemben, die wieder die kölsche Version „Spreng dinge Ketten“ singen wird.</p><p>Hier ist der Text als Download: Spreng dinge Ketten (pdf-Datei, 105 KB)</p><p>Auch dieses Jahr gibt es wieder Aufkleber und Postkarten, Plakate kommen noch dazu.Alle, die Mobi-Material haben wollen, melden sich gerne unter info@onebillionrising-koeln.de, mit Angabe von Anzahl und Adresse.</p><p><a href="https://koelle4future.de/blog/2025/02/11/one-billion-rising/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">koelle4future.de/blog/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">11/one-billion-rising/</span></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://koelle4future.de/blog/tag/obr/" target="_blank">#OBR</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://koelle4future.de/blog/tag/onebillionrising/" target="_blank">#OneBillionRising</a></p>
Rant_ifa 🎗️ Rant_ifa<p>Übrigens, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TeamHabeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeamHabeck</span></a>.<br>Das bevölkerungsreichste Bundesland der Republik, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NRW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRW</span></a>, regiert seit Sommer 2022 Schwarz-Grün. <br>Habe eben mit der Opferberatungsstelle Rheinland, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a>, telefoniert. Diejenigen, die Opfer rechter Gewalt unterstützen.<br>Ihnen wurden die Mittel drastisch gekürzt. Personal musste entlassen werden.<br>Ich benötigte mehrfach von ihnen Unterstützung. Sie machen hervorragende Arbeit. </p><p>Ist das eure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zuversicht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuversicht</span></a>, ROOOBERT?</p>
Totts<p>Head of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> implied today that the previous Treasury may have broken the law by withholding the values of expenditure in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hunt</span></a>'s last fiscal statement, his spring budget.</p>
Matthew Malthouse<p>Ah, so Hunt was fiddling the books and may have broken the law to do so.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/05/treasury-may-have-broken-law-failing-reveal-budget-plan-mps-told" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">nov/05/treasury-may-have-broken-law-failing-reveal-budget-plan-mps-told</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>Research by the University of California’s Prof Valerie Ramey, for example, shows that in an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> such as Britain’s, suffering from a prolonged period of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicunderinvestment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicunderinvestment</span></a>, the impact of an injection of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicinvestment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicinvestment</span></a> on the scale proposed by Reeves would at least double the returns supposed by the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Investmentdrivesgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Investmentdrivesgrowth</span></a>. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget | Will Hutton | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/03/investment-drives-growth-thats-why-gloomy-forecasters-are-so-wrong-about-the-budget" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/nov/03/investment-drives-growth-thats-why-gloomy-forecasters-are-so-wrong-about-the-budget</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukbudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukbudget</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LabourGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKeconomy</span></a></p>
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