public spending
True Tory agenda of public service profit revealed
Right-wing think tanks have revealed the true Tory public services agenda with a coordinated set of policy recommendations to encourage the break up of the NHS into competing social insurers and to allow private companies to profit from state education.
Osborne says Conservatives have “much to learn” from Tory town halls
George Osborne pledges a Conservative government would emulate the policies being implemented by Tory councils
Conservative research shows there’s no debt crisis
David Cameron mentioned the phrase "debt crisis" eight times in his speech yesterday. On Sunday, speaking on the Andrew Marr show, George Osborne said, "the difference between Britain and countries like France and Germany is that we have an absolutely enormous budget deficit." But research used by the Conservative Party show that Britain's debt position is far from in crisis despite their claims.
OECD education report encouraging for Britain
The OECD's annual Education at a Glance report showed encouraging signs for the British education system, though it also revealed there was still work to do.
Osborne’s “progressive force” refuse to embrace progressive taxation
In his keynote speech at Demos titled “Progressive reform in an age of austerity,” George Osborne refused to embrace a […]
Express: paying pensions and child benefit is “madness”
Today’s front-page lead on the Daily Express – LABOUR’S £186BN BENEFITS MADNESS – revealed that in 2009/10 spending on benefits […]