Public support for cuts down compared to last year
Public support for the government’s spending cuts has slumped in the past year, according to the latest Harris poll for the Financial Times, reports Claire French.
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Clinton: UK’s austerity budget could mean deficit will increase
Bill Clinton has warned that Britain’s spending cuts could end up raising the deficit. He is the highest profile critic yet of the coalition’s economic strategy.
Two women a week die from domestic violence; legal aid cuts will see more
Jonny Mulligan of the Sound off for Justice campaign writes about the disastrous consequences of justice secretary Ken Clarke’s cuts to legal aid.
Social care in crisis
Laura Bradley, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), reports on the Southern Cross Healthcare story, and looks at the crisis state of social care.
The shocking impact of Osborne’s heartless cuts on the disabled
If the Welfare Reform Bill passes, the results will be horrific and at the Department for Work and Pensions, they are confident that it is a price worth paying.
Where do the Welsh Tories stand on the deficit?
Ed Jacobs reports on the Welsh Tory tactic of claiming to support the cuts, whilst simultaneously calling for extra spending.
Don’t believe the right: the cuts will hurt
City AM’s Editor, Allister Heath, argues that Osborne’s cuts are small by historic comparison. His argument doesnt stack up and the facts speak for themselves.
Why we need to March for the Alternative
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber explains why the March for the Alternative has come just in time.
May’s talk of reform “a euphemism for cuts”
The Police Federation has warned that Theresa May’s speech on reform of the police service today was “a euphemism for cuts”, and that the home secretary “does not value us as much as she says she does”.
Tackling environmental, social, political and economic injustice
First held in 2009, where more than 1,000 people took part, the aim of 6 Billion Ways is to highlight the interconnections between environmental, social, political and economic injustice and help build a broad movement for progressive change.