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The Rish List: Sunak’s New Year’s Resolutions

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The Prime Minister's Five Promises

If you look at the idea of halving inflation, that's kind of in line with the current forecasts. But growing the economy by the end of this year rather illustrates just how bleak the economic picture is. The stuff about reducing the national debt is a proportion of income that's been defined as being the medium term. That probably means beyond the scope of not just this year, but the time between now and the next election. Stopping the boats, the whole question around migrant crossings, that was pretty vague, the promise of legislation,. Does it actually work? And what does stop the boats mean? All of them.

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