Ending austerity in UK `incompatible´ with budget plan
(WorldNews Europe)

LONDON (AP) - The British government will have to spend an extra 19 billion pounds ($25 billion) a year on public services by the year 2022-23 if it’s to deliver on Prime Minister Theresa May’s promise to end austerity, a well-respected think-tank said Tuesday. In an analysis of Britain’s public finances, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said May’s ambition looks incompatible with another major aspiration - to balance the books by the mid-2020s - without substantial tax rises or much stronger economic growth....