UK spending rules should focus on investments rather than debt, economists say
The UK needs new rules on taxing and spending in order to adequately tackle the major economic challenges the country looks set to face over the next decade, a new report has said.
Rather than simply focusing on public debt and deficits, a new set of fiscal rules should focus on ensuring the government’s investments are productive and growing in value, said the report from the Resolution Foundation think tank.
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