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.

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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