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BRITAIN’S economy faces “failure and stagnation” if the Tories win the general election, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has warned.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed yesterday that the economy saw zero growth in October, following two months of declining gross domestic product (GDP).
This is the first time since the recession in early 2009 that the economy has failed to grow for three months.
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Exempting military expenditure from austerity while slashing welfare represents a fundamental misallocation of resources that guarantees continued decline, argues MICHAEL BURKE
