spending review
Coalition gives up on tackling bankers’ bonuses as 2010 total set to hit £7bn
It’s hardly a surprise, but the coalition has decided that it has done as much as it intends to tackle excessive bankers’ bonuses, even at a time when small businesses continue to suffer as banks refuse to lend. Most banks will not pay out their bonuses for 2010 until February 2011 but the Treasury minister Lord Sassoon’s declaration in the House of Lords this week indicates the government is satisfied that its ‘work’ on City bonuses is complete.
Huge cuts to climate and environment departments hit Tories’ green claims
Green issues just aren’t as central to the [Tories’] political offer as they once were; green issues are not needed to ‘de-toxify’, because Lib Dems do this.
Benn: “Unacceptable” there is so little debate and no vote on spending review
It is "simply unacceptable" for the government to devote such little time to the Comprehensive Spending Review, and for there to be no vote, writes Hilary Benn.
Thousands to rally against coalition’s cuts on eve of spending review
Thousands will today join a Westminster rally against the deep and rapid spending cuts to be announced in tomorrow's comprehensive spending review.
ippr: Our progressive spending review plan
Our guest writer is Nick Pearce, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) How should Labour respond to the […]