🚨 NEW: The IFS has backed Rachel Reeves’s claim that Labour inherited a worse financial situation than expected, criticising the Home Office for ‘woeful’ budget figures under the Tories that underestimated asylum costs

The budget for 3 years was £320m, but spending hit £7.9bn

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    IFS or IMF? Because the rhetoric is the same. They claimed a few years ago that UK will be “paying for” COVID for decades, no not because of long COVID but because increased spending during the period prevented complete collapse.