MPs See Balanced Budget Bill

A long-promised balanced budget bill has been introduced in the Commons, but not the version promised by cabinet two years ago. The treasury would be forbidden from running a deficit except in war or extraordinary circumstances, and required to use at least half of future surpluses to pay down the national debt under a private bill: “There’s still plenty of time to correct this fiscal ship”.

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