Disagree. Taxes should pay for current spending (albeit with some adjustment for economic cycle). Investment is supposed to pay for itself over time. If you rely on taxes to pay for investment then y… (View Post)

Not sure this is a great explanation but I'll try. The golden fiscal rule is taxes = or > current spending. So theoretically you could have taxes = 100, current expenditure = 100 and investme… (View Post)

Dishonest would be pretending she isn't changing her rules. She's openly announcing she will borrow more to invest. Selling off assets is what the last lot were doing. Reeves is borrowing t… (View Post)

The headline literally says "debt" in it. Its pretty obvious it means more borrowing. (View Post)

Possibly the most important decision this government will make. If Reeves puts us back on an investment path I will be delighted. I was listening to George Osborne the other day, regretting he had cu… (View Post)