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Teaching the government how to budget

16 February 2024|

At the tender age of 51 I have, for the first time in my life, found the need to employ a team of builders. This is turning out to be a stressful experience, not because I doubt their ability or indeed their honesty, but simply because of the sums of money involved. Over the next few months, I shall be spending something close to 20% of what my lender judges to be the current

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