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Politics

Why austerity is coming to an end

28 July 2018

9:00 AM

28 July 2018

9:00 AM

The last day of the parliamentary term is usually an occasion for the government to get a whole bunch of bad news out of the way all at once. But this summer’s end-of-term announcements were used as a chance to put out some seemingly good news. Teachers, prison officers and members of the military will all receive pay increases of above 1 per cent for the first time in five years.

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