Front-loading of police cuts adds insult to injury
Police budget cuts are being front-loaded, which means that police services will have no choice but to start cutting staff now, writes UNISON’s Dave Prentis.
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IFS shoots coalition’s deadweight EMA cuts argument to pieces
Using a new fangled technique the IFS yesterday finally shot to pieces the coalition’s arguments in favour of abolishing Education Maintenance Allowance.
Pickles using smoke and mirrors to hide scale of cuts to councils
Shadow communities minister Barbara Keeley argues Eric Pickles is hiding the true scale of the cuts to councils, which hit the most deprived areas the hardest.
Pickles cuts grants to councils by 10% – and by 18% over 2 years
Philip Walker unmasks Eric Pickles’s sleight of hand to conceal a 10% cash cut in grant funding for council services in 2011/12 – an 18% cut over two years.
IFS: Northern Ireland faces being hit hard by tax and benefit changes
Northern Ireland faces being hit harder by changes announced to the tax and benefit systems due to come into force between Jan 2011 and Apr 2014, the IFS says.
Supporting disabled people not sustainable says coalition
Barely days after proudly pledging her support for the rights of disabled people on International Day for Persons with Disabilities, Department for Work and Pensions minister Maria Miller has now announced that Disability Living Allowance, used by disabled people totest
Don’t ignore income when looking at poverty and life chances
Looking at the Frank Field’s review on poverty and life chances, it is wrong to suggest family income is not important to the future chances of children.
Fighting the cuts: The false choice between networks and organisation
It is a mistake to set up a false choice between network and organisation; instead we should recognise that each has their strengths and weaknesses.
Welsh voters against cut in number of Welsh MPs
Most Welsh voters do not believe that the number of Welsh MPs should be reduced as outlined in the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill currently being considered by the House of Lords.
New anti-cuts campaign launched
A new anti-cuts campaign website, False Economy, launched today, backed by the TUC.