Comments - I AM VERY RAPIDLY ... - Gaia Community2024-03-29T00:35:42Zhttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A23002&xn_auth=noOver and above the usual ca…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2022-03-14:5313775:Comment:1286472022-03-14T18:19:16.867ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/03/13/war-means-rishi-sunak-must-rethink-plans-boost-government-spending/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Over and above the usual calls for more money</a></strong> for the NHS, the Chancellor is under massive pressure to do more to ease the …</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/03/13/war-means-rishi-sunak-must-rethink-plans-boost-government-spending/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Over and above the usual calls for more money</a></strong> for the NHS, the Chancellor is under massive pressure to do more to ease the <strong><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/cost-living-crisis-leaves-workers-2850-worse/">cost of living crisis</a></strong>. He has already announced measures costing £9bn. It looks unlikely that he will be able to get away with much less than a further package costing an additional £10bn. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">And then there is <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/03/11/jeremy-hunt-calls-massive-boost-uk-defence-spending/">defence spending</a>, which is about £45bn or 2.1pc of GDP. I have suggested that it needs to rise to about 4pc of GDP, implying an extra £40bn. </span></p>
<p><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The good news, however, is that the sensible thing would be to announce the intention to increase spending over a number of years and to build up to that total gradually so that the Ministry of Defence can plan and spend effectively. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/03/13/war-means-rishi-sunak-must-rethink-plans-boost-government-spending/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> Roger Bootle</strong> - <strong>The Telegraph</strong></a><br/></span></p>
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<p></p> TIME NOW to THINK WIDER in[D…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2020-10-19:5313775:Comment:518072020-10-19T11:29:30.130ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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