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LIKE millions of others, I do wish that in 2026 the ruling elite of Pakistan may move towards adopting the level of austerity that has been promised frequently. It is time to exhibit the commitment ...

SINCE 2022, the installed government has imposed, under the watch of the IMF, a crushing burden on ordinary Pakistanis via austerity policy. A large fiscal adjustment has been carved out through ...

According to Telex, the analysis notes that if Hungary’s actual 2025 figures and the execution of the 2026 budget confirm current trends, the European Commission could propose tightening the excessive ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has been branded “austerity-lite” and “rudderless” in a scathing attack by the head of one of the UK’s largest unions. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned the ...

Romania elected a new centrist head of state, Nicusor Dan, who defeated a right-wing challenger – but nationalism remained strong as the country struggled to curb a surging budget deficit. Romanian ...

Tim Luckhurst has received research funding from News UK and Ireland Ltd. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Society of Editors and the Free Speech Union. Eighty years ago ...

Canada’s present political atmosphere, like the political atmosphere in much of the world, is also not untouched by Trumpism, with the continuing trend of austerity being both a cause and symptom of ...