News Sturgeon wants full fiscal autonomy for Scotland as soon as possible – even though that would cost £7.6 billion Tonight’s second Scottish TV debate (which sadist scheduled them on consecutive nights?) threw up a very significant exchange… 8th April, 2015, 10:34 pm
Comment It’s time for the Tories to come clean on their secret £12billion plan to hit children, carers, families and disabled people David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith have repeatedly refused to explain how they would make the £12 billion cuts… Rachel Reeves 28th March, 2015, 7:01 pm
News Labour’s fiscal targets mean cuts could end next year Labour’s plans for deficit reduction could mean that spending cuts finish by 2016 – just as the Tories’… 19th March, 2015, 5:45 pm
News Will the IFS criticise the way Tories measure living standards? Yesterday during the Budget, George Osborne claimed that living standards are up from 2010 standards. Job done, he… 19th March, 2015, 12:22 pm
News Incomes on the rise, but not yet back to levels when Labour left office Incomes have returned to pre-recession levels, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), but… 4th March, 2015, 11:01 am
Comment The Tories economic offer? Rising poverty and inequality Analysis published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has confirmed young people are being left behind by this… Rachel Reeves 15th July, 2014, 11:11 am