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==The Euro: | ==The Euro: the five tests== | ||
1. Whether there can be sustainable convergence between Britain and the economies of a single currency.<br> 2. Whether there is sufficient flexibility to cope with economic change.<br> 3. The effect on investment.<br> 4. The impact on our financial services industry.<br> 5. Whether it is good for employment. | 1. Whether there can be sustainable convergence between Britain and the economies of a single currency.<br> 2. Whether there is sufficient flexibility to cope with economic change.<br> 3. The effect on investment.<br> 4. The impact on our financial services industry.<br> 5. Whether it is good for employment. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:12, 9 October 2010
Fiscal change 1997-2010
Public expenditure growth rates
Average annual real growth rates[1] (percent)
1979-97 1997-2008 2008-11 Social security 3.8 1.4 5.3 National Health Service 3.2 6.3 3.7 Education 1.5 4.3 2.4 Defence -0.5 1.4 3.0 Public order and safety 4.0 3.8 4.5
Social change 1997-2009
(Selected from Social Indicators, Research Paper 09/76, House of Commons Library, 15 October 2009 [3])
Crime prevention
Defence
UK regular armed forces strength at 1 April (thousands)[4]
1980 2009 Navy 72 38 Army 159 107 Air Force 90 44
Education
Health
1997 2009 numbers waiting for inpatient admission in England[8] (millions) 1.16 0.59
The Euro: the five tests
1. Whether there can be sustainable convergence between Britain and the economies of a single currency.
2. Whether there is sufficient flexibility to cope with economic change.
3. The effect on investment.
4. The impact on our financial services industry.
5. Whether it is good for employment.
Sources
- ↑ Robert Chote, Rowena Crawford, Carl Emmerson and Gemma Tetlow: Public Spending Under Labour, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2010
- ↑ Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Police Service,[1]
- ↑ British Crime Survey estimates [2]
- ↑ UK Armed Forces - Quarterly Manpower Statistics
- ↑ EnglandEducation departments' reports of school/pupil censuses
- ↑ GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2007/08 (revised), GCSE and equivalent results in England 2005/06 (revised) and earlier
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 NHS Information Centre, NHS Staff 1998-2008
- ↑ Hospital Waiting Lists in England, Green Book