public spending
Public “not facing up to” spending squeeze
The public are unprepared for public service cuts, according to a new report. The public favours increases in business taxes and inheritance tax above all others.
Defending Sure Start against vicious right-wing attacks
As questions continue to mount over the Conservatives' policies on Sure Start, one of their media proxies has launched a vicious attack on the scheme.
Welsh public services face “significant pain”
Faced with the prospect of cuts worth £1.5 billion, Welsh public services could find themselves running out of money if they do not undertake urgent reforms.
Tories must come clean on cuts to voluntary sector
Society's (and government's) most intractable problems would be delayed, not expedited, by a Tory victory in May.
Tory high-speed rail attack backfires
David Cameron & Boris Johnson clashed over high-speed rail today, with the Mayor insisting more research was needed in to the Tories' plans for a Heathrow link.
Tories must provide clarity on pledge for extra student places
We need to ensure promises stack up so that those with the ability and aspiration to benefit from higher education will not be left out in the cold this autumn.