LONDON – There is a growing apprehension among Britain’s financial pundits that Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is not nearly as determined to cut public spending as he pretends to be. He sets himself deadlines to balance the books, but when the date arrives, with the books still unbalanced, he simply sets another.
伦敦—英国金融专家们日渐担心，财政大臣乔治·奥斯本（George Osborne）并不像表面上那样决定削减公共支出。他为自己制定了平衡预算的时间线，但在到了截止期时，预算仍未达到平衡，而他也只是延长截止期了事。