George Osborne was keen to discuss growth in his speech today – so we thought it might be interesting to take another look at what Osborne’s policies have done to growth forecasts:
IMF’s UK Growth forecasts for 2011
Isn’t it time for Plan B George?
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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