Autumn statement: Osborne isn’t fixing the roof, he’s eroding the foundations | Mariana Mazzucato
Let's start with the good news. In today's spending review, George Osborne was forced to backtrack on his grossly unfair plans to cut working tax credits, a plan that would have left many worse off. This is a victory for anyone who believes that it is wrong to make the poor pay for the faults of the private banking system - a system that caused the public budget to rise following the crisis.
But as Labour supporters congratulate themselves on the chancellor's U-turn, and Conservatives cheer on the chancellor's latest bit of political escapology, we shouldn't lose sight of the bad news. Let's face it, there are still 12bn in cuts to welfare spending to come in this parliament. This remains not only unfair, but unnecessary.
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