Time for government to redirect history, not pander to the voters

Alistair Darling will get to his feet in the Commons today to deliver the annual Pre-Budget Report. It’s a bland title for an event that should redirect the course of British history.

Everyone but the Tories backs tax cuts and all seem agreed that desperate times require a short-term, temporary boost. But short term action must give long term benefit. Otherwise Andrew Haldenby, the Reform think tank director may be right; offering tax cuts now is like giving whisky to an alcoholic.

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