Austerity, poverty and Sajid Javid’s magic money trees

It will take a revolution in government planning, budgeting and delivery to conquer poverty, writes John Bird, while Michael Miller says the chancellor’s spening splurge is possible only because public sector pay and benefits have been cruelly constrained. On Wednesday, the new chancellor announced that Boris Johnson’s administration is turning the page on austerity and beginning a decade of renewal ( Editorial, 5 September). If Downing Street is serious about this mission, it’