UK public services face cuts of up to £17bn, says IFS - short news
Government on track to spend billions less than planned before pandemic, warns thinktank
Rishi Sunak is poised to usher in cuts to public services of up to £17bn compared with the government’s pre-pandemic plans unless he takes action this summer to increase funding, a leading thinktank has warned.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the government was on track to spend between £14bn and £17bn less each year on a range of public services from April 2022 than had been..
source: The Guardian - 20.07.2021