Barry Gardiner's Budget 2015 response

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"The goal of the financial system should only be to deliver inclusive and sustainable development"

A budget is not an exercise in economic theory. It is a practical attempt to manipulate the levers of the financial system: both fiscal and monetary to maximise public goods and the public benefit...

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