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Radio 4,11 May 2017,28 mins

How Do We Pay for the UK?

The Briefing Room

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David Aaronovitch presents the need-to-know facts on where taxes come from and how they're spent. This edition is a politician-free zone, with non-partisan analysis on how we pay for the UK and the prospects for public services in the future. CONTRIBUTORS: Emily Andrews, senior researcher at the Institute for Government Helen Miller, associate director, Institute for Fiscal Studies Ben Page, director, IPSOS-Mori Producer: Neal Razzell Research: Sarah Shebbeare.

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