"Bluntness served Ruth Curtice well in her past life as a senior Treasury official. These days, she deploys it publicly, as chief executive of the Resolution Foundation urging Rachel Reeves to think the unthinkable before November's crunch budget. In the course of half an hour's conversation in her bright white Westminster office, Curtice says the chancellor must be ready to ditch Labour's manifesto tax pledges, scrap the pensions triple lock,"
"As a longtime civil servant, Curtice, 41, served nine different chancellors and rose to be the Treasury's director of fiscal policy, before crossing St James's Park earlier this year to run arguably the UK's most influential thinktank. She emphasises its non-partisan nature, and impact on past policies, including George Osborne's national living wage but there is no denying its intimate links to the current Labour regime."
The Resolution Foundation urges the chancellor to prepare for radical fiscal shifts before the November budget, including abandoning manifesto tax pledges, scrapping the pensions triple lock, lifting the two-child benefit limit, and rejecting a new wealth tax. The chief executive previously served nine chancellors and rose to be the Treasury's director of fiscal policy before taking leadership of the thinktank. The foundation presents itself as non-partisan while several former staff have moved into senior government and Treasury roles. The thinktank's past analysis influenced policies such as the national living wage. The recent appointments have prompted accusations of a leftwing cabal within the Treasury.
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