The Treasury’s decision to increase the interest rate of the Public Work’s Loans Board (PWLB) was a blatant attempt to alter local authority spending behaviour, a senior economist has claimed.
Speaking at the Solace Summit in Birmingham today, Institute of Fiscal Studies economist Paul Johnson was asked if it was a prudent restriction or a crass intervention to stop council investments.
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