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In July's Summer Economic Update, the Chancellor announced another significant spending package.
In normal times, even in times of recession, this package would have been seen as huge. But, of course, these are not normal times and this is no normal recession.
Joining us this week to discuss the spending package is Helen Miller, Deputy Director at the IFS and Chris Giles, Economics Editor at the Financial Times.
Host
Paul Johnson
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Participants
Helen Miller
Helen is Deputy Director of the IFS and Head of the Tax sector.
Chris Giles
Chris Giles became economics editor for the Financial Times in October 2004, having previously served as a leader writer. His reporting beat covers global and UK economic affairs and he writes a UK economics column fortnightly.
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