Disabled protester Jody McIntyre should be applauded, not criticised
If people like Richard Littlejohn think that disabled people don’t have opinions on politics and current issues, Jody McIntyre has proved them very wrong.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Pickles’s meddle and populism bill
Jessica Studdert, political adviser to the Labour group at the Local Govt Assoc, examines Eric Pickles’s meddling in the very localism he claims to champion.
Can Cancun deliver?
Are Chris Huhne’s bold claims about the outcome of Cancun justified, or will history, in the words of the Bolivian ambassador to the UN, judge it harshly.
Front-loading of police cuts adds insult to injury
Police budget cuts are being front-loaded, which means that police services will have no choice but to start cutting staff now, writes UNISON’s Dave Prentis.
Unemployment rise on a scale not seen since the recession
The unemployment rate rose from 7.7 to 7.9 per cent, the highest since March, while the employment figures are equally grotty, down 64,000 from last month.
IFS shoots coalition’s deadweight EMA cuts argument to pieces
Using a new fangled technique the IFS yesterday finally shot to pieces the coalition’s arguments in favour of abolishing Education Maintenance Allowance.
Pickles using smoke and mirrors to hide scale of cuts to councils
Shadow communities minister Barbara Keeley argues Eric Pickles is hiding the true scale of the cuts to councils, which hit the most deprived areas the hardest.
Cuts to NHS and social care services likely, says health select committee
The likelihood of cuts to health and social care services, and the destabilising effect of the Coalition’s market-driven NHS reforms, were endorsed today in a remarkable health select committee report. The committee, with a coalition majority and chaired by ex-Tory health secretary Stephen Dorrell, was reporting on implications and risks from the Spending Review.
Experian study muddles up ‘Middle Britain’
The new study by Experian confused what constitutes the real ‘middle Britain’, reports Chris Tarquini.
Uneven inflation costing low-to-middle earners £150 a year
The CPI incread from 3.2% to 3.3% – above the government’s official target of 2% for the 11th month in a row – and the wider RPI measure rose from 4.5% to 4.7%.