/ 3 October 2022

Rate hikes are the wrong medicine

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Building wealth: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, who announced unfunded tax cuts of £45-billion for the rich. Photo: Dylan Martinez/Getty
The government should rather consider a targeted approach to reducing inflation

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