It’s a pretty impressive achievement to get the deficit from record peacetime levels to something like normal…but the cost has been significant…there’s definitely been quite a lot of pain.” Paul Johnson from the IFS on #wakeuptomoney ahead of tomorrow’s #Spring Statement.

"It's a pretty impressive achievement to get the deficit from record peacetime levels to something like normal…but the cost has been significant…there's definitely been quite a lot of pain." Paul Johnson from the IFS on #wakeuptomoney ahead of tomorrow's #Spring Statement. pic.twitter.com/5osWIP4nin

— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) March 12, 2018

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