Throwing fiscal restraint overboard no solution for British government

Recent efforts by the U.K. government to control spending and reduce its budgetary deficit have been associated with a strong economic performance. Succumbing to anti-austerity calls would risk reversing the economic progress that’s been made.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with U.K. UK British Prime Minister Theresa May during the G7 in Taormina, Italy, in May 2017. PMO staffers Katie Telford and Gerry Butts are seen on the left.
There’s been plenty of commentary about the causes of the United Kingdom’s unexpected election result. Conservative Party complacency, a flap about its manifesto, the youth vote, and a post-Brexit political realignment have all been blamed for reducing the Conservatives to a parliamentary minor...

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