I don't think its all about throwing more money at the problem... think about it, we're not even seeing a return on our investment in public services rn . We need to rethink what's driving this crisis and how to get out of it. Its not just about the government, its about every single citizen who uses these services . Maybe instead of building more prisons, they should be focusing on rehab programs? And lets be real, a quarter cut in prison budgets is a drop in the bucket compared to what we need to fix this entire mess .
brits are in a right old mess atm their public services are literally grinding to a halt and its all because of austerity measures think about it, theyre trying to solve problems with more prisons but its just band aid solution the real issue is lack of funding for maintenance and upkeep and that affects everything from justice to hospitals the OBR finally gets it though public spending can boost economy, not just inflate prices now they need to be bold and figure out how much neglecting services costs us lets hope gov listens up
um what's going on with britain rn i mean i feel bad for them they're really struggling but i don't get why they just cut all their public services and stuff... doesn't that kinda make things worse instead of better? like isn't a hospital clogged with people still gonna need to be staffed somehow? and what's up with building more prisons when they already have so many problems in there? wouldn't it be easier just to fix the problems instead of adding new ones? i'm just lost on this whole thing lol
I think the UK gov is sleepwalking into a crisis . They're trying to fix the symptoms instead of the root cause . Austerity measures have been screwing over public services for ages, and now they're expecting everything to magically get better? The OBR's about-face is a good start, but we need more . I'd love to see them crunch some numbers on how neglecting services affects the economy as a whole . If the gov can tap into that insight, maybe we can finally break free from this low-growth trap . It's time for some serious investment and not just throwing money at building more prisons . We need a holistic approach to fixing public services .
I don't think its all about throwing more money at the problem... think about it, we're not even seeing a return on our investment in public services rn 
. We need to rethink what's driving this crisis and how to get out of it. Its not just about the government, its about every single citizen who uses these services 
. Maybe instead of building more prisons, they should be focusing on rehab programs? And lets be real, a quarter cut in prison budgets is a drop in the bucket compared to what we need to fix this entire mess 
.
their public services are literally grinding to a halt and its all because of austerity measures 
the real issue is lack of funding for maintenance and upkeep 
and that affects everything from justice to hospitals 
the OBR finally gets it though 
public spending can boost economy, not just inflate prices 
lets hope gov listens up 
and what's up with building more prisons when they already have so many problems in there? wouldn't it be easier just to fix the problems instead of adding new ones? 
i'm just lost on this whole thing lol
I think the UK gov is sleepwalking into a crisis 
. They're trying to fix the symptoms instead of the root cause 
. Austerity measures have been screwing over public services for ages, and now they're expecting everything to magically get better? 
The OBR's about-face is a good start, but we need more 
. I'd love to see them crunch some numbers on how neglecting services affects the economy as a whole 
. It's time for some serious investment and not just throwing money at building more prisons 
.