Junking the austerity myth: Britons have little cause to be depressed about the post-financial crisis economy, says ALEX BRUMMER
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The flimsiness of the ‘austerity’ narrative that is a strong feature of Labour’s conference and the SNP script in Scotland is underlined by the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.