Ending austerity means increasing taxes or deficit, warns thinktank

Politicians must face up to the costs of public sector pay rises, reversing welfare cuts and boosting governance, says Resolution FoundationPhilip Hammond will have to rip up the government’s deficit reduction plan or increase taxes for most of the population if he decides to end seven years of austerity by sanctioning higher public sector pay, reversing welfare cuts and providing extra cash for Whitehall departments, a thinktank has said.The Resolution Foundation said it was possible for