
Why the government should be spending more on public spaces
Cuts to local authority budgets mean children are increasingly unable to enjoy green spaces in cities

Cuts to local authority budgets mean children are increasingly unable to enjoy green spaces in cities

Expect cuts to public services and further slashing of support for the vulnerable

By blindly going along with the idea that banks do not belong in public hands, the government is simply rebuilding the pre-2007 banking structure

If the objective is to reduce debt from one year to the next, neither a surplus – nor even a balanced budget – is strictly necessary

The chancellor has presented the next Labour leader with an impossible choice

The Labour party got it wrong. Just not in the way you think

Secrecy and concealed borrowing protect commercial rather than public interests

Continuing down the path of austerity while ignoring straightforward – if politically difficult – solutions, will lead the UK closer to economic disaster

If Osborne’s new plans to meet fiscal targets were to be implemented, public spending would hit lowest level since 1948

Balls and Miliband have repeatedly explained the crisis in terms of the global crash – but they still face accusations of evasion