A look at the poor state of UK finances and why many problems have been left until after the election.

0:00 Intro
0:50 Fiscal Fiction
2:20 Fading Tax Revenues
3:58 False Economies
6:30 Ageing Population
8:32 Reversing QE


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https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/no-m...
https://ifs.org.uk/news/next-governme...
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https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/auster...
https://neweconomics.org/2024/03/endi...

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