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BRITAIN could run a £45 billion deficit and have more jobs and higher wages than today, Labour MP Michael Meacher said yesterday.
Mr Meacher will today launch “What the main parties are not telling you,” his new book that blows a hole through the economic arguments for austerity.
The book’s Budget day release is designed to debunk Chancellor George Osborne’s argument that we need more cuts to wipe out Britain’s £95bn deficit.
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
The BBC and OBR claim that failing to cut disability benefits could ‘destabilise the economy’ while ignoring the spendthrift approach to tens of billions on military spending that really spirals out of control, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
JOHN GREEN applauds an excellent and accessible demonstration that the capitalist economy is the biggest threat to our existence