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A good day for bad news

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Post by Andy Tue May 23, 2017 1:29 pm

Amid the awful Manchester atrocity, the government have brushed the bad news about the trade deficit rising by 13% in April, undwr the carpet,  as a result of flatlining VAT returns,  caused by austerity and consumer non spending.
"UK budget deficit widens more than expected as VAT revenues stall" - http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-borrowing-idUKKBN18J10A
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Post by The Devil, You Know Tue May 23, 2017 3:29 pm

so
value-added tax revenues grew by 0.2 percent
Income tax revenues rose by just over 1 percent.
corporation tax revenues rose by 7 percent

however the main thrust of your thread seems to be that the gov has somehow engineered a bomb attack to hide this news.

#BeggarsBelief.

the only party I can recall that ever suggested it was a good day to bury bad news was the one you support
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