2012: MORE CUTS. 2014: FEWER CUTS. Will the real David Laws please stand up?
Liberal Democrats MPs really will say anything to get elected.
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There are alternatives to the government’s slash and burn policies
There are alternative ways of managing public finances that aren’t reliant on more savage cuts.
Worst cuts yet to come, warns Institute for Fiscal Studies
Britain faces at least five years of savage pending cuts if deficit reduction plans announced by chancellor George Osborne are enacted, according to the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
IFS: Tories will need to put up taxes or make bigger spending cuts after election
The bombshell will come as a boost to Labour ahead of conference season.
Government treatment of non-dependants: the scandal of poverty wages
Thomas Stephens explains how the Coalition are doing nothing to address poverty wages while hurting non-dependants hard
The brutal impact of austerity on Scotland’s public services
Scotland’s budget is being slashed by more than £6 billion in real terms.
Britain’s economic growth is not a sign that austerity works
The economic recovery is due to a “combination of the depth of the hole it found itself in, the moderation in the trend toward deeper and deeper austerity and the effects of possibly bubble-creating government loans”, according to former United States secretary of the treasury Larry Summers.
Government slammed for giving ‘false impression’ of flood investment
The government has been accused (£) by the head of the UK Statistics Authority of giving a misleading impression of how much it has invested in flood defence.
Brighton Greens’ council tax move shows the fight against austerity is on
Brighton Greens are to hold a referendum to let local people choose between cuts or paying a pound a week extra tax.
3 things the government *is* doing about flooding
The government, and Owen Paterson in particular, have been criticised for not doing enough about flooding. Here, then, are three things they are doing.