The possible spending plans of Labour and the Tories illustrate the fact that there are real choices to be made at the election, writes John Van Reenen. When viewed over the longer term, the state of the UK economy is not pretty. National income per person is today about 16 per cent below where it would be on pre-crisis trends (see Figure 1). [?]

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30 March 2015

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LSE British Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-real-choices-facing-the-uk-electorate/

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