Some “plan for growth”. Millions face futures they neither deserved nor were prepared for, so suddenly has disaster hit. Mortgage payers will be hammered. All homeowners face a sharp fall in house prices in which most of their wealth is held. Worse, those dependent on functioning public services and benefits confront privation and even destitution.
Compelled to find up to £40bn ($45bn) of spending cuts in November to pay for Liz Truss’s unwanted tax cuts, the Treasury has to cripple the state to