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WHITEHALL

Soap Box

Ben Page believes we are now starting to have a clearer picture of the road ahead, but serious questions remain.

We are now starting to see the contours of the road ahead with greater and greater clarity.

We know there will be less money, permanently. We know we must accommodate an ageing population – with an extra 2.5 million over-65s in the next seven years, alone. But some things we don't know. Whether a double-dip recession will happen.

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