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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

BIZARRE: Time for a new conversation about government spending | Mind Blowing Facts

Austerity, said Alexei Sayle, is the notion that the financial crisis was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton.

In truth, the Chancellor behind the idea, George Osborne, didn’t impose as much austerity as he first fancied.

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