The Conservative Party's medium-term expenditure strategy

Published on 1 February 2004

On 16th February Oliver Letwin, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, outlined the Conservative Party's preliminary public spending proposals in the form of a "Medium Term Expenditure Strategy". We summarise and analyse the key points in this briefing note.

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Oliver Letwin, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, outlined the Conservative Partyҳ preliminary public spending proposals on 16 February in the form of a эedium-Term Expenditure Strategy' (MTES). This Briefing Note summarises and analyses the key points.

    Authors

    Carl Emmerson
    Carl Emmerson

    Deputy Director

    Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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    Robert Chote

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    Sarah Love

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    10.1920/bn.ifs.2004.0046
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    IFS

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    Chote, R et al. (2004). The Conservative Party's medium-term expenditure strategy. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/conservative-partys-medium-term-expenditure-strategy (accessed: 8 October 2024).

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