If the fiscal squeeze had gone to plan, no more austerity would now be needed. The assumption that the recovery would be strong and tax-friendly was misplaced. The next government should be dealt a better hand, with stronger growth in nominal GDP – and crucially wages – eroding the deficit. That said, parties’ plans to raise income tax thresholds sharply risk undermining the public finances again.
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