Local councils amongst biggest losers from CSR
One of the biggest losers from the Comprehensive Spending Review was local government, though the full scale of the cuts will not emerge till December.
Yearly Archives: 2010
New Lib Dem u-turn: Government may subsidise nuclear
Energy secretary Chris Huhne has been told to “stay true to supporters” over nuclear power as plans for new stations come closer, reports Katy Mughan.
IFS: Tax and benefit changes are regressive
Today the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that the Government’s plan for fiscal consolidation is regressive, and will hit the poorest disproportionately hard, once cuts to welfare are fully taken into account.
Spending review will weaken work incentives
The spending review has further weakened work incentives and the financial support that working families really need, reports ippr’s Kayte Lawton.
Commitment to ring fence UK aid welcome but questions remain
The commitment to ring fence UK aid and reach 0.7 per cent of GDP is welcome, and a testament to the hard work of many Labour MPs in the last Government.
The case against ‘Blogger of the Year’ Nick Robinson
BBC Political Editor, Nick Robinson, picked up the ‘Blogger of the Year’ prize at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards this morning beating fellow nominees Paul Waugh of the Evening Standard and Coffee House’s Melanie Phillips. The gong will send howlstest
Anger in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as Osborne’s cuts hit home
There was disappointment, anger and devastation as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland learned the full scale of the cuts they would have to endure in the CSR.
Welcome news on capital spending but CSR appears to favour south over north
There were some snippets of good news in the Chancellor’s Spending Review statement yesterday, reports ippr’s Tony Dolphin.
Osborne’s fairness claims fall flat. Again
The governement suggests the distributional impact of the spending cuts is less regressive than if these important areas were also included; but are they right?
Huge cuts to climate and environment departments hit Tories’ green claims
Green issues just aren’t as central to the [Tories’] political offer as they once were; green issues are not needed to ‘de-toxify’, because Lib Dems do this.