Eric Pickles
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.
Eric Pickles’ cuts target Britain’s poorest areas
The Government claims that “We’re all in this together”. But even with Eric Pickles’ 'transition grant' into account, the poorest areas will do worse out of this settlement.
D-Day for councils as Pickles wields the axe
Today is D-Day for many of us, though it’s likely you may not have known it – today is the day councils in England find out how much (or how little) money they are going to be able to spend in the next two years.
Charlie Whelan: I won’t hide from Pickles’ trade union witch-hunt
In an exclusive interview with Left Foot Forward, Charlie Whelan has singled out Eric Pickles for undertaking a "witch-hunt" against trade unions.
Pickles’ selective citation on AV
An extraordinary new video from Eric Pickles selectively cites 2005 election results. It erroneously claims that AV would be less fair than the current system.