The government will use some of its expected €10bn budget surplus this year for tax cuts, welfare hikes and infrastructure spending, the Taoiseach has pledged.
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mark bailie is the boss of compare the market that knows how we re all spending or not and economics brainbox stephanie flanders from bloomberg will help keep us right. morning, morning. welcome. so there are more nurses strikes on the way we re going to try and find out how long they might last, how bad it might get, and how they could be avoided. let s have a look at the front pages. the observer goes with that story, saying the nurses are planning a mega strike. the mail on sunday claims to have saved the grand national at some of the disruption there yesterday. the sunday telegraph talks about the government s decision to get rid of some smart motorways. the sunday times has another health story about
productivity. that is really significant productivity. that is really significant already. - productivity. that is really - significant already. stephanie, what about the impact on the economy? this week we saw the office for national statistics and start to put numbers on it. national statistics and start to put numbers on it national statistics and start to put numbers on it. yes, because we had the monthly numbers on it. yes, because we had the monthly gdp numbers on it. yes, because we had the monthly gdp output numbers on it. yes, because we had the monthly gdp output figures, - numbers on it. yes, because we had | the monthly gdp output figures, how much the monthly gdp output figures, how much the the monthly gdp output figures, how much the economy produced in february. much the economy produced in february, and it was expected to be positive february, and it was expected to be positive but february, and it was expected to be positive but actually, the economy