Is the UK’s fiscal situation as bad as the Chancellor says?

Without wishing to downplay the ugly fiscal picture, we think the new government is overplaying the gloom. We suspect more optimistic economic forecasts and various tweaks to the fiscal rules will save the new Chancellor from hitting the electorate with hefty tax rises and/or spending cuts.

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