Add to ORKGThe latest sterling crisis has raised the prospect of further cuts in public expenditure. It is widely believed that expenditure cuts may be forced upon the Government as a condition of the IMF loan now being negotiated, and there is a considerable body of opinion in this country which would welcome such a condition being imposed. Controversy about the level of public expenditure in the UK, and its significance in the country's present economic difficulties, has been continuous during the life of the present administration. The purpose of this article is to identify and comment upon the main arguments in this debate
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After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK's ...
British Government Finance : Myth and Reality - There has been considerable controversy over the rol...
The latest sterling crisis has raised the prospect of further cuts in public expenditure. It is wide...
There has been a developing debate about the performance of the Scottish economy under devolution an...
research on which this article is based. It is a revised version of a paper presented to the PAC Con...
In recent years the high level of government borrowing has been at the centre of economic and politi...
After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK’s ...
The publication of the annual Government Expenditure and Revenues in Scotland (GERS) Report by the S...
Evidence is mixed on whether growth in the economy is beginning to turn down. Nevertheless, the grow...
This article examines the role, significance and consequences of decisions in the United Kingdom abo...
This paper uses a generalisation of intervention analysis to examine quarterly data on UK public ex...
The painful measures needed to restore order in the public finances are causing more and more people...
This paper looks at an economic issue that is emerging as one of the most important that will face t...
There is widespread criticism of the growth of local authority expenditure. Regional reorganisation ...
As this paper is being written, the election of the Scottish ParUament is only a matter of weeks awa...
After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK's ...
British Government Finance : Myth and Reality - There has been considerable controversy over the rol...
The latest sterling crisis has raised the prospect of further cuts in public expenditure. It is wide...
There has been a developing debate about the performance of the Scottish economy under devolution an...
research on which this article is based. It is a revised version of a paper presented to the PAC Con...
In recent years the high level of government borrowing has been at the centre of economic and politi...
After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK’s ...
The publication of the annual Government Expenditure and Revenues in Scotland (GERS) Report by the S...
Evidence is mixed on whether growth in the economy is beginning to turn down. Nevertheless, the grow...
This article examines the role, significance and consequences of decisions in the United Kingdom abo...
This paper uses a generalisation of intervention analysis to examine quarterly data on UK public ex...
The painful measures needed to restore order in the public finances are causing more and more people...
This paper looks at an economic issue that is emerging as one of the most important that will face t...
There is widespread criticism of the growth of local authority expenditure. Regional reorganisation ...
As this paper is being written, the election of the Scottish ParUament is only a matter of weeks awa...
After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK's ...
British Government Finance : Myth and Reality - There has been considerable controversy over the rol...