Right-Wing Watch
Spending Challenge – of 45,000 ideas, just 3 are taken up
Of the 45,000 proposals submitted to the government's much hyped ‘Spending Challenge’, only three have been taken up, reports Matthew Pitt.
IDS “simply doesn’t recognise” Osborne’s welfare savings number
Iain Duncan Smith has told a group of MPs that he “simply doesn’t recognise” the £4 billion figure that George […]
Four Cheers for the Government’s failure to stop Illegal Timber!!!
This week the Government are holding a drinks party to congratulate themselves on the new European Union directive on illegal timber. The directive is five years late. It is toothless and it fails to achieve the objective of putting an end to this trade that costs developing countries up to $15 billion each year.
RDA consultation is a total dog’s breakfast
Last week saw the deadline pass for local authorities and businesses to produce proposals for new, local regeneration bodies to succeed the eight regional development agencies outside London, allegedly replacing the “top-down prescription approach taken previously”.
Five-year fix
Nick Clegg's proposals for 5-year fixed terms will put Britain at odds with most democratic countries. The proposals were not even Lib Dem policy.
BIS experiment dismisses internationally excellent research
David Willetts, minister of science, yesterday confirmed on the Today programme that the science budget will be cut. Although I don’t agree with this policy, I was not surprised. The decision has been widely trailed, with most university departments quietly bracing themselves for this outcome.