Conservative spending cuts are worse than Thatcher's
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/09/conservative-spending-cuts-thatcher-johnson
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Alan Johnson launched a ferocious onslaught on the government's plans for deep and immediate spending cuts, warning they would "fundamentally alter our community" and inflict greater and more lasting damage on public services than Margaret Thatcher.
In an interview with the Observer, less than 24 hours after being appointed shadow chancellor by Ed Miliband, Johnson tore into the coalition's economic strategy, suggesting it heightened the risk of a double-dip recession.
He spoke out amid signs that ministers themselves were growing increasingly nervous at the effect their plans for £83bn worth of cuts – to be unveiled in 10 days' time – could have on jobs and economic activity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/09/conservative-spending-cuts-thatch...
In an interview with the Observer, less than 24 hours after being appointed shadow chancellor by Ed Miliband, Johnson tore into the coalition's economic strategy, suggesting it heightened the risk of a double-dip recession.
He spoke out amid signs that ministers themselves were growing increasingly nervous at the effect their plans for £83bn worth of cuts – to be unveiled in 10 days' time – could have on jobs and economic activity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/09/conservative-spending-cuts-thatch...
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