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Spend too much? In some areas Labour didn't spend enough, says Ed Balls - Telegraph
Labour did not spend too much in the years leading up to the economic crisis, Ed Balls insisted today.
The shadow chancellor said he had no regrets about the overall level of public expenditure under the last Government, and claimed Gordon Brown should have spent even more in some areas.
“There would be some spending things we wouldn’t do, some spending things we would do differently, some areas we’d spend more. But do I think the level of public spending going into the crisis was a problem for Britain? No, I don’t,” he told the BBC.
The shadow chancellor said he had no regrets about the overall level of public expenditure under the last Government, and claimed Gordon Brown should have spent even more in some areas.
“There would be some spending things we wouldn’t do, some spending things we would do differently, some areas we’d spend more. But do I think the level of public spending going into the crisis was a problem for Britain? No, I don’t,” he told the BBC.
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