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Can we ever really tackle rising public spending?

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Cutting Public Spending in the Treasury

In 1976, another Labour government was forced to cut spending in order to qualify for a loan from the International Monetary Fund. The rhetoric will be familiar to modern voters. McDonald opted to head a coalition dominated by the Conservative Party to push through the cuts. But Britain went off the gold standard anyway.

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