UK's Reeves says she would like a bigger fiscal buffer but that means trade-offs

British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Thursday she would like to have a bigger fiscal buffer to cope with volatile ...
Reason

We're Lying to Ourselves About Taxes, Spending, and the Debt

Having extended most of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and added even more tax breaks, Congress is once again punting on the central fiscal question of our time: What kind of government do Americans ...
The Conversation

What’s the secret to fixing the UK’s public finances? Here’s what our panel of experts would do

Conor O'Kane, Guilherme Klein Martins, Maha Rafi Atal, and Steve Schifferes do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...
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Tax rises and spending cuts needed to bankroll Scotland's bloated benefits bill, ministers are warned

Tax rises and spending cuts will be needed next year unless action is taken to bring down Scotland’s ballooning benefits bill, MSPs have been warned. Economists yesterday said the next SNP Budget will ...

Spending cuts loom if Drakeford budget falls in Senedd

Labour cannot win votes alone, having held exactly half of the seats of the Senedd before the death of Caerphilly's Hefin David. The party has never won an outright majority in a Senedd election, so ...