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Meacher aims to blow hole in argument for austerity
BRITAIN could run a £45 billion deficit and have more jobs and higher wages than today, Labour MP Michael Meacher said yesterday.
Mr Meacher will today launch “What the main parties are not telling you,” his new book that blows a hole through the economic arguments for austerity.
The book’s Budget day release is designed to debunk Chancellor George Osborne’s argument that we need more cuts to wipe out Britain’s £95bn deficit.
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