Infrastructure is in the waiting room - will it be given the chance?

By Chloë McCulloch2019-07-05T08:25:00

We are all too used to unrealistic promises from politicians before a vote – what they are actually able to deliver inevitably disappoints

In the fight to be the next prime minister, the two contenders are outdoing each other in their commitments to both spend more and tax less (the particular conjuring trick of those who seek public office). The chancellor had clearly had enough this week, pointing out that if they insist on pulling out of the EU with no deal, there will not be the money for Boris Johnson’s boost to schools’ coffers or his tax cut for the richest 10% of the population. Neither will there be the cash for Jeremy Hunt’s extra defence spending or an easing of corporation tax.

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