BBC NEWS | Business | UK economy 'faces decade of pain'

The UK is facing "two parliaments of pain" following the "breathtaking" damage to the economy, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.
The government must close a £90bn hole to bring the budget into balance, the independent think-tank said.

That would cost every UK family £2,840 per year by 2017-18 in higher taxes or public spending cuts, it added.