Posts tagged with 'Public spending'

31 Aug 10 1 Comment

George Osborne’s spending lessons from Nigel Lawson

Gary Gibbon blogs on how challenging the coalition government’s public spending round is likely to be, with particular pressure on defence, pensions, business, schools and health.

05 Jul 10 11 Comments

Public sector pay changes hit women hardest

Public sector redundancy changes and pension changes have a disproportionate impact on women workers.

27 Apr 10 16 Comments

Revealed: the eye-watering spending cuts to come

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, we don’t know 87 per cent of the cuts Labour would have to make if they stuck to their election promises, 82 per cent of the Tory cuts that

01 Feb 10 No Comments

How other countries have managed to cut their deficits

The Treasury’s in-house assessment of how “fiscal consolidations” have worked in other countries has been revealed after a freedom of information request.

30 Sep 09 No Comments

Counting the cost of Brown's spending promises

Brown’s promises to protect rises in the minimum wage, rises in child tax credits, hospitals, schools and police numbers would mean big squeezes elsewhere.

21 Sep 09 No Comments

Lib Dem tax on mansions (and palaces) pleases activists

Although the Lib Dems have been lecturing everyone for years on the iniquities of property taxes, activists are pleased by the party’s new plan to tax those with expensive properties.

20 Sep 09 No Comments

Teachers' leader gives Balls 0 out of 10 for ‘savings’ plans

Schools Secretary Ed Balls won’t call his planned £2bn “savings” in education budget “cuts” as he is still holding out for real-terms growth in his budget.

19 Sep 09 No Comments

First party conference of the era of cuts

The first party conference of the era of cuts and the top story is, you guessed it, cuts. Nick Clegg promises to be “savage” about cuts and drops a heavy hint that the biggest internal

15 Sep 09 No Comments

At the TUC: Brown finally speaks of cuts

Brown speaks of ‘cuts’ at the TUC; a small demo greets the opening of the Prime Minister’s speech.

Will Brown's talk of 'cuts' leave unions baying for blood?

Gordon Brown prepares to talk about “cuts” in his speech to the TUC Conference – but will the unions bay for blood?

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