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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.