Anyone who calls this an austerity budget is lying

Anyone who calls this an austerity budget is lying

I suspect the usual suspects will call the Budget just released an austerity budget. They are lying. Austerity has a specific meaning. It is when you cut overall expenditure. It doesn’t mean they have increased it less than what we would like. Anyone who claims the government has an austerity budget is dishonest or dumb or both. There is a very simple way to determine if this is austerity. You can compare the spending in the budget for the 2025/…