The Politics of Austerity

I think it's essentially lazy because it thinks that public policy problems can simply be solved by more money being thrown at them, even if that money is not available. I have not heard a single mainstream politician say anything interesting about education for four or five years. If you ask me what's labor's education policy and I'm someone who follows these things, I haven't got a clue. Well, Rishi Sunak's education policy is in other words, domestic public service reform.

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