The Tory Health and Social Care Plan, in years.

Commissioned in 2010.

Delayed.

Promised, again, by Johnson in 2019.

Delayed.

Promised, again, but Delayed, again, by Hunt, until 2025.

#AutumnStatement
#AusterityDoomLoop

"It’s true that the economic outlook appears even worse than it did a year ago, especially for the UK, where a decade of austerity has left the economy weaker than other, similar countries – even before we consider Brexit. But chasing and trying to fill a “fiscal black hole” with spending cuts will only reinforce those underlying weaknesses, squashing demand and undermining investment."

James Meadway,

Progressive Economic Forum

#AutumnStatement
#AusterityDoomLoop

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/17/tories-fiscal-black-hole-statistical-fiction-spending-tax

"With our Autumn Statement, we're going to be Santa, not Scrooge."

Jeremy Hunt.

"With the Autumn Statement, the economy still falls into recession and living standards fall 7% over two years, wiping out eight years’ growth."

OBR.

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#Scrooged