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Boris Johnson has gambled big by pledging to spend small

25 November 2019

8:06 AM

25 November 2019

8:06 AM

Boris Johnson just took a very big political risk, by not making any serious attempt to compete with Labour on bunging cash at public services and the fabric of the UK.

Where Corbyn is pledging £83 billion a year of increased spending on students, the elderly, health, schools, public-sector pay and so on by 2023, the Tories offer £3bn.

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