Don’t forget the spending cuts
Assessments of the Budget’s fairness have ignored the impact of spending cuts. Including tax and spend, the poorest households are hit the hardest.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Deprived areas to be hit hardest by cuts
This story is jointly written by Will Straw and Tom Phillips George Osborne is fond of saying that, “We’re all in this together”. But after this week’s regressive Emergency Budget, Left Foot Forward can reveal that local spending cuts announcedtest
Leadership candidates need to debate the ‘poverty of ambition’ as well as inequality
Thousands of students are struggling to get into university, with demand far outstripping supply. Graduates are fighting tooth and nail for jobs and the chance to realise their aspirations – Labour must help them.
David Miliband talks to Left Foot Forward
David Miliband was the first Labour leadership candidate to sit down with Left Foot Forward and answer the questions crowd-sourced with our readers. In his Westminster office this week, David Miliband took questions on the Budget; Labour’s future policy platform includingtest
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Tom Phillips brings together the major events of the past week in British and international politics as viewed by Left Foot Forward…
The government must not sell-out over Student Loans book
George Osborne’s announcement of plans to sell off the Student Loans book can certainly sound somewhat ominous: a debt that was previously owed to the government could now instead be held by some clandestine private company.
The week outside Westminster
Ed Jacobs rounds up the news from around the devolved nations…
Tory MEPs break government line in opposing Gaza resolution
Anybody who doubted the incoherence of Tory policy in the European Parliament should be convinced following the news that they split three ways on a resolution condemning the Israeli flotilla attack.
The Budget warnings for the NHS
Conservatives increase in real terms funding for NHS will be far short of the increases under Labour and will struggle to keep pace with the pressures of medical technology and an ageing population.
Death of a charity
The coalition government’s vision of a flourishing civil society sector rings hollow this morning. Refugee and Migrant Justice, a charity, has folded.