This week's report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while saying the UK economy is doing ...
This week's report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while saying the UK economy is doing better than most at present, is still proposing monetary and fiscal policies that could leave the government struggling to implement recommendations on pensions reform. A major IMF goal is for the government to introduce more user fees for public services to discourage inefficient use, especially in areas such as health and education that are being promised extra cash by Gordon Brown. But this rests on the premise that poor Britons are able to access these services via means tes...
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