To defend the cuts, Labour must be clear about the size of government
In today’s Guardian, Will Straw argues that Labour must “pick what it thinks is the right size of the public sector.” A wealth tax is one way to protect against cuts.
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Reality check on star chambers and fiscal deficits: A view from Canada
The Canadian experience shows that a government needs to get much more creative and draconian than that – but the UK anything near the level of intergovernmental transfers ripe for the cutting.
The alternative to “Osborne’s bombshell”
The Government plans to “tackle Labour’s legacy of debt” yet they are also proposing a number of tax cuts. But there is an alternative way to reducing the deficit.
Leadership candidates line up to attack Coalition over cuts
Labour’s leading leadership candidates have launched a series of attacks on the Coalition Government over the £6 billion of cuts.
Growth, not “painful” cuts, will lead to deficit reduction
The Coalition should not kid itself that making Britons swallow painful medicine will ward off the financial markets – austerity measures do not inevitably lead to deficit reduction.
The reality of ConDem cuts: jobs & services are on the line
The TUC has launched Cuts Watch, mapping where spending cuts are made & considering their impact for jobs (public & private sec), for families & for communities.
Wolf at the door for Cameron
David Cameron today attempted to make the case for immediate spending cuts. But his rationale is flawed, as the Financial Times’ Martin Wolf made clear this morning.
Even the small cuts will have a big impact
With child trust funds and university spending dominating, the full scale of the Coalition Government’s cuts and exactly where they will fall remain to be seen.
ConDem cuts – what it means for the devolved bodies
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will have to contribute £704 million towards the overall UK cuts this year.
Threat hangs over medical research following cuts
Today’s cuts were meant to focus on eliminating waste and low priority spending areas. So why was £233m cut from the Centre for Medical Research and Innovation?