Austerity, challenged
Making economic policy when the convention wisdom is wrong and is against you is not easy, as Labour…
Cuts
Was this the most important news of the week?
What was the most important news of the week? Perhaps it was the announcement that the UK had…
Cameron claims he won’t cut the NHS – but he already has
David Cameron has been under pressure from some Cabinet Ministers (and former Cabinet Ministers) to cut the NHS.…
The OBR, fiscal consolidation and the economy
By Sam White Ouch. The Office of Budget Responsibility has very publicly slapped down the PM. That’s not…
Tory MP tried to get hospital cuts petition pulled from government website
Two weeks ago there was a Westminster Hall debate in parliament concering the provision of A&E, Maternity and Intensive…
It’s only a month until huge benefit cuts – and no-one knows how many people will be affected or how it will play out
Last Tuesday it rained. Along with other Labour councillors I was in Hackney Town Hall to be briefed…
Gove and Osborne have delivered a real terms cut in school funding – despite pledging an increase
Back in 2010 during his now infamous “Spending Review”, George Osborne said: “There will be a real increase…
Labour MEPs oppose “secret vote” on EU budget deal
In a statement released tonight, Labour’s MEPs rejected the proposal put forward by ally Martin Schulz: “Labour MEPs…
The government should follow Lambeth’s example and tell people about huge benefit cuts
If you found that ten of thousands of your fellow citizens were facing severe cuts in their living…
Some Tories think Barnet’s “Easycouncil” is worth emulating – here’s why they’re wrong
Anyone watching last week’s Brighton and Hove City Council meeting would have been horrified to hear Conservative councillors…
