Conservatives and Labour escalate spending pledges head of election
Chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid casts the election as a choice between responsible investment under the Conservatives and ‘fantasy economics’ of the opposition
07 November 2019 - 21:40
London — Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn escalated their spending pledges on Thursday, drawing election battle lines with plans to end a decade of UK austerity.
Chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid said on Thursday he would jettison the existing fiscal rules, allowing the Conservative government to devote an extra £20bn (about R377bn) a year to capital projects such as railways and roads if Johnson’s party is re-elected...
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