Plan A has certainly been junked. But of course in the classical political tradition that the Government never faces up to an error, we shall not be offered on Tuesday an admission of crass folly that has dragged Britain down from a recovery of growth in mid 2010 to a double-dip slump now which will […]
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Compass’ Plan B has useful ideas, but doesn’t cut the mustard
Oct 31st, 2011 by Michael Meacher.Today Compass formally launches Plan B to kickstart the economy. Typically, however, it has already been fully leaked in yesterday’s Observer. It has some helpful (though not particularly original) ideas. It wants to stop the cuts, start a new round of quantitative easing but giving the money direct to businesses, raise benefits to ease poverty […]