OECD tells George Osborne to spread pain of public spending cuts
by Phillip Inman and Katie Allen from on (#ABD6)
Leading thinktank warns chancellor against frontloading tough public spending cuts and shouldering burden on the poor
George Osborne should spread the pain of tough public spending cuts beyond the next two years, according to the OECD in a critique of the chancellor's debt consolidation strategy.
The Paris-based thinktank said in its latest economic forecast that delaying some of the severe cuts planned by Osborne for the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17 would "lower the impact on growth".
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