of a flat economy, of widespread strikes even today, of declining living standards, and some concerns going forward. this is what the government independent forecaster thinks is going to happen with the economy, better up front next year, not a recession, but still down and a touch worse in future years. broadly speaking, the forecast looks better this year, that is mostly luck, the economy doing a bit better, energy prices going up less than expected. 0ver better, energy prices going up less than expected. over the medium term a little bit of the additional growth according to the office for budget responsibility, down to some of the measures we have seen in particular and we are expecting to get more people into work. the chancellor s get more people into work. the chancellor s central aim is a plan for growth that stops the lack of workers and very low investment. the obr workers and very low investment. the 0br has given an early bird that it could boost the workforce by 55 and 2