Green Politics
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.
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.
Has the Health budget been cut?
The Chancellor today announced that Health spending would rise in real terms. A closer look at the numbers suggest that the Health budget will fall against the baseline set out in the June Budget.