Is Sajid Javid right about the cost of Labour's spending plan?
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#4TYBA)
Chancellor claims Labour set on raising expenditure by 30% but 1.2tn price tag fails to assess pay-back through nationalisation
Sajid Javid has attacked Labour's spending plans, saying the price tag of the party's proposal to reshape the economy and public services would be as high as 1.2tn over five years.
Ahead of the general election in December, the Conservatives published a dossier over the weekend assessing the cost of Labour's plans. Here is an analysis of the costing document.
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