Spending Cuts

The devastating impact of cuts.
The coalition's Dickensian welfare cuts are terrorising the poor
By Peter Hain - 01 May 10:30

Ministers either don't know about the devastating impact of their policies in areas like Neath or just don’t care.

Raiding £500m from the health and schools budgets to fund defence.
Cutting the NHS to fund defence is bad politics and bad policy
By George Eaton - 29 April 9:45

Raiding £500m from the health and schools budgets to fund defence might please Tory MPs but the voters won't like it.

The number of people who received emergency food aid rose to 346,992 in 2012-13.
Food bank users triple in a year as the cuts bite
By George Eaton - 24 April 8:39

The number of people who received emergency food aid rose to 346,992 in 2012-13, up from 128,697 the previous year.

Blair argues that overspending by Labour didn't cause the crisis.
The part of the Blair piece the Tories don't want you to read
By George Eaton - 11 April 12:16

In his NS article, Blair says Labour is right to reject the argument that it "created" the crisis by overspending.

Despite her rhetoric, spending rose by an average of 1.1% a year.
How public spending rose under Thatcher
By George Eaton - 08 April 18:31

Thatcher squeezed public services but high unemployment meant spending rose by an average of 1.1% a year.

The Chancellor's decision to exploit the public grief.
Osborne's intervention over the Philpott case is a new low
By George Eaton - 04 April 15:06

The Chancellor's decision to exploit the public grief over the deaths of the Philpott children in order to make the case for cutting welfare is political opportunism at its worst.

440,000 families will lose £16.90 a week.
The untold story of April’s welfare cuts: the combined impacts
By Adam Tinson - 04 April 12:25

440,000 families will lose £16.90 a week as they are hit by both the bedroom tax and cuts to council tax support.

David Cameron has already outlined the draconian cuts the Tories would make.
Welfare cuts: how they could have been even worse
By George Eaton - 03 April 15:09

David Cameron has already outlined the draconian cuts a Conservative majority government would make.

A rare speech from the submarine Chancellor.
Osborne surfaces as Duncan Smith petition passes 100,000 signatures
By George Eaton - 02 April 8:50

A rare speech from the submarine Chancellor as more than 118,000 people challenge his cabinet colleague to live on £53 a week.

The "bedroom tax", the new Poll Tax and the 1% cap on benefit increases.
Why April will be the cruellest month in the age of austerity
By George Eaton - 29 March 14:24

The "bedroom tax", the new Poll Tax and the 1% cap on benefit increases will squeeze the poor as never before.

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