The Guardian view on a dismal inheritance: the UK does not need another bout of austerity | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Restructuring the economy will be painful, especially as Britain wrestles with Brexit, an ageing society and the net zero transition.
56% : Hairdressers' real pay has risen since 1991 to stop workers leaving for other industries.
50% : Low-wage workers have suffered the most since 2008, and policies are needed that help them.
49% : The economy will have to be recast - through public spending and taxes - so that extra spending isn't inflationary.
40% : Both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer prefer the fairytale that they will be able to cut government spending to get Britain growing.
35% : Fixing a broken economy with service-led growth and increases in public investment as well as welfare spending should be seriously consideredAdam Smith, the father of economics, condemned as unproductive the labours of "churchmen, lawyers, physicians, men of letters of all kinds; players, buffoons, musicians, opera-singers, opera-dancers".

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