It was over that more medium-term horizon that the Commonwealth’s finances, left unattended, looked like they were going to start going more seriously off course. So the timing of the intended consolidation seems broadly sensible. That having been said, the fact that the real issues with public finances are medium-term ones is not a reason to put off taking decisions to address them.
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