Scottish public sector fat cats face pay freeze
The SNP Government will enforce pay freezes for top public sector managers and civil servants. A pay freeze is critical to Lib Dem support for the budget.
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Nottinghamshire County Council: numbers that aren’t adding up
There are signs that Tory-run Notts County Council’s budget proposals, advocating cuts totalling £33 million, aren’t be as well thought through as they suggest.
More money planned for education in Wales
There will be a full-scale review of how education funding in Wales is allocated to schools, colleges & universities, the Welsh Education Minister has announced
Cutting defence budget too far, too fast, will undermine Britain’s security
Analysis of this week’s Royal United Services Institute Report into the implications of the Strategic Defence Review.
The impact on students of the proposed £2.5bn university spending cuts
Following today’s front-page article in the Guardian, warbubf universities could be “brought to their knees”, we take a detailed look at the impact of the cuts.
Notts County Council – Figures that don’t add up?
Just days after LFF highlighted the 600 jobs losses in Leicestershire, further questions are being raised about the way Nottinghamshire saves £33 million.
Conservative-run Leicestershire County Council – cutting costs by cutting more than 600 jobs
Tory-run Leicestershire County Council is to cut more than 600 jobs as a way of cutting the deficit, Left Foot Forward has learned.
Fresh headache for Cameron after “easy council” plans ruled illegal
David Cameron will now have to decide whether or not to introduce legislation if he wins the election enabling councils to charge for services.
“£134 million black hole” in Scotland’s health budget
Scotland’s largest health board, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is said to be considering cutting spending on nurses in a bid to plug what a huge budget deficit.
EXPOSED: The Sun’s false claims that NHS spending “hasn’t gone on nursing staff”
Left Foot Forward reveals the truth behind the Tory-supporting Sun’s alarming claims about NHS spending – there were 72,000 extra nurses between 1998 and 2008.