My advice for Burnham’s first budget? Hit the banks – and hit them hard | Polly Toynbee
We live by how we feel – an idea that orthodox economics gets wrong and Andy Burnham’s first budget looks set to get right.
The Guardian reports: We live by how we feel – an idea that orthodox economics gets wrong and Andy Burnham’s first budget looks set to get right.
Bankers have barely begun to repay the billions they cost the country after 2008. In this PM they may have met their match Vibes matter.
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- Eyecatching everyday things – from capping bus fares to that small but resonant sum of £45 VAT on average off electricity bills – get people… (The Guardian)
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