Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election

Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election

The general elections in May 2015 took place against a fair, but mixed economic background. After three years in the previous parliament when the UK economy had been flat-lining (mid-2010 to mid-2013), partly as a result of the Coalition’s policy of fiscal consolidation, the pick-up in activity duri...

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Päätekijä: Sowels, Nicholas
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Julkaistu: Revue française de civilisation britannique 2015
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Royaume-Uni
élections générales
gouvernement de coalition
Parti conservateur
politique budgétaire
dépenses publiques
United Kingdom
general elections
coalition government
Conservative party
fiscal policy
public spending
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:rfcb_528 https://doi.org/10.4000/rfcb.528 urn:doi:10.4000/rfcb.528 en https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/528 2015-11-30T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/k12g https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election Revue française de civilisation britannique CRECIB - Centre de recherche et d'études en civilisation britannique info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2429-4373 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0248-9015 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb Sowels, Nicholas Royaume-Uni élections générales gouvernement de coalition Parti conservateur politique budgétaire dépenses publiques United Kingdom general elections coalition government Conservative party fiscal policy public spending The general elections in May 2015 took place against a fair, but mixed economic background. After three years in the previous parliament when the UK economy had been flat-lining (mid-2010 to mid-2013), partly as a result of the Coalition’s policy of fiscal consolidation, the pick-up in activity during the second half of 2013 provided the outgoing government with a reasonable economic record to present to the electorate. The three main parties – the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and Labour – all ran manifestos based on fiscal responsibility, as in some ways did UKIP. Only the SNP proposed a clearer leftwing agenda based on stronger public services and higher taxation. Given the outcome of the elections, the Conservatives appear to have had a more successful electoral strategy, in which they succeeded in portraying themselves as economically competent while characterising Labour as having wrecked the economy during the Blair-Brown years. Yet the economy was not the only major issue to have shaped the electoral results. Since resuming office unexpectedly, the Conservatives have pursued the policy of deficit and debt reduction begun under the Coalition, as part of a tougher neo-Thatcherite approach. Les élections ont eu lieu en mai 2015 dans un contexte économique relativement favorable, quoique mitigé. Pendant les trois premières années de la législature précédente (de mi-2010 à mi-2013), l’économie britannique marquait le pas, partiellement en raison de la politique d’austérité budgétaire du gouvernement de Coalition. Puis, à partir du second semestre de 2013, l’économie entre dans une nouvelle phase de croissance. Ainsi le gouvernement sortant pouvait présenter un bilan économique raisonnable à l’électorat. Les trois principaux partis – les conservateurs, les libéraux-démocrates et les travaillistes – ont tous élaboré des manifestes électoraux fondés sur la responsabilité budgétaire. Il en va de même pour UKIP. Seulement le SNP a proposé une plateforme qui était clairement à gauche, comportant le renforcement des services publics et une imposition plus élevée. Compte tenu des résultats des élections, la stratégie électorale des conservateurs semble avoir réussi, notamment en soutenant que les travaillistes avaient ruiné l’économie britannique pendant les années Blair-Brown. Pourtant, l'économie était loin d'être la seule question qui a déterminé les résultats électoraux. Depuis leur réélection et grâce à une majorité parlementaire inattendue, les conservateurs ont poursuivi la politique de réduction des déficits et des dettes publiques commencée sous la coalition, mais d’une manière bien plus dure et néo-thatchérienne.
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topic Royaume-Uni
élections générales
gouvernement de coalition
Parti conservateur
politique budgétaire
dépenses publiques
United Kingdom
general elections
coalition government
Conservative party
fiscal policy
public spending
spellingShingle Royaume-Uni
élections générales
gouvernement de coalition
Parti conservateur
politique budgétaire
dépenses publiques
United Kingdom
general elections
coalition government
Conservative party
fiscal policy
public spending
Sowels, Nicholas
Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election
description The general elections in May 2015 took place against a fair, but mixed economic background. After three years in the previous parliament when the UK economy had been flat-lining (mid-2010 to mid-2013), partly as a result of the Coalition’s policy of fiscal consolidation, the pick-up in activity during the second half of 2013 provided the outgoing government with a reasonable economic record to present to the electorate. The three main parties – the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and Labour – all ran manifestos based on fiscal responsibility, as in some ways did UKIP. Only the SNP proposed a clearer leftwing agenda based on stronger public services and higher taxation. Given the outcome of the elections, the Conservatives appear to have had a more successful electoral strategy, in which they succeeded in portraying themselves as economically competent while characterising Labour as having wrecked the economy during the Blair-Brown years. Yet the economy was not the only major issue to have shaped the electoral results. Since resuming office unexpectedly, the Conservatives have pursued the policy of deficit and debt reduction begun under the Coalition, as part of a tougher neo-Thatcherite approach.
author Sowels, Nicholas
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title Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election
title_short Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election
title_full Fiscal Policy, Public Spending and the 2015 General Election
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