Dear Philip Hammond: Stop the cuts and back the NHS in Autumn Statement
Unison calls on chancellor to change course on public services
Unison calls on chancellor to change course on public services
Labour’s Redfern Review finds that young people need more help to buy
All demographics will see costs increase by about 2.7 per cent, IFS finds
Good fiscal policy should facilitate the economic prosperity and happiness of citizens
‘Anything else will be a betrayal of the wishes of the British people,’ progressive MPs claim
The government is seeking to reduce public expenditure to 36.5 per cent of GDP by 2020, a level last achieved in the depression era of the 1930s
Higher wage floors are nowhere near enough to make up for these cuts
There are alternative ways of managing public finances that aren’t reliant on more savage cuts.
Osborne is either is a climate change denier, an idiot, or a sadist. Either way, it will be future generations that will get hurt by this budget’s moves against the planet.
The chancellor’s statement has for once given Westminster the upper hand over Holyrood.