Time to move away from spreadsheets and look at the real impact of the cuts
Location is crucial to understanding the full impact of the cuts; it is time to move away from spreadsheets and look at the real implications of the cuts in context.
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Boris’s relish for cuts means London is losing its capacity to grow
When it comes to standing up to David Cameron and George Osborne on behalf of the vast majority of Londoners – whose average income is just £21,800 – Boris Johnson’s record is woeful.
Big Society faces £5 billion of cuts
If the state is not prepared to help build voluntary local capacity in places like Liverpool, then who is? Asks John Popham of the cuts which threaten the “Big Society”.
The coalition’s unfair pensions changes will hit women hardest
Yvette Cooper MP is the Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Minister for Women and Equality From child care support to pensions, from employment to bus travel, it seems David Cameron’s government is determined to hit women hardest. As Rachel Reeves’stest
Making apprenticeships work for the economy
Today is the start of National Apprenticeship Week; Catherine McKinnell MP explains why the Apprenticeships and Skills (Public Procurement) Bill will help.
Lessons from the NFL: There is a better way of running our football clubs
There’s a long way to go in improving the accountability of professional sport in England, but the success of the Green Bay Packers shows there is a better way.
Who owns the fair ground?
Labour struggles to define itself, as “fairness” is on everyone’s lips, reports George Hull, researcher and teacher of political philosophy at UCL.
If enough people speak out, councils may have to think again on bus cuts
There is still hope out there; if enough people make enough noise about buses, councils might just have to start to listen, writes Alice Ridley of the Campaign for Better Transport.
The truth about the Australian AV experience
The AV referendum is in exactly 3 months, yet sadly, over the last few months, we have become used to half-truths and innuendo being portrayed as fact by the No Campaign.
Councils encouraged to spend millions on projects that may never be built
The coalition government’s transport policy encourages councils to pour millions into projects which stand little chance of ever being built.