http://www.guardian2zotagl6tmjucg3lrhxdk4dw3lhbqnkvvkywawy3oqfoprid.onion/commentisfree/2023/jan/09/keir-starmer-power-uk-cheap-labour-spending-public-services-election
To break with the legacy of failure, however, will require increased spending, and more. Gordon Brown, after 2000, increased spending on public services, but in the absence of institutional reform, and with New Labour actively encouraging a bloated financial services sector, his public spending rises did not survive a change of government.