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Compassion, a subversive idea
Britain is being refashioned into a nation which believes that helping the needy is morally and fiscally unaffordable.
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Is Labour right to focus on "dealing with the deficit"?
Douglas Alexander is the latest shadow cabinet member to speak about cuts -- but this may not be the best tactic.
The consensus is turning against austerity
The global organisations who supported Osborne are now warning against excessive austerity.
Miliband and Balls have fallen into a Tory trap
Without a focused and consistent message, any political party is stuck. Yet Ed Balls, Ed Miliband and their shadow cabinet colleagues seem fixated by an agenda of “cuts and credibility” set by Cameron, Osborne and the Conservative Party.
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Labour must not be defined by opposition to the cuts
Miliband is right to ignore the 'stand and fight brigade' and shift his economic stance.
Cuts burden: Women 73%|Men 27%
Commons research shows the Chancellor's changes to tax and pay will hit women almost three times as hard as men.
Osborne's cuts get even bigger
Spending on public services will now be cut by 16.2 per cent over seven years.
Debts, deficits and Toby Young
The Telegraph blogger's response to my ebook on austerity is interesting but ill-informed.
Double-dip recession: don't say we didn't warn you
The New Statesman warned in 2009 that Osborne had no plan for growth.
Portugal: a case study in the politics of austerity
Portuguese workers face a bleak future but the country's weak, fragmented left has empowered the neoliberals.
Quack cures won’t stop the angry young taking to the streets
Our youngsters deserve better than the warm words of Osborne’s ideologues, intent on austerity.
The vulnerable children missing their only chance for support
Spending cuts have deeply affected the help available for vunerable families -- and soon, this will be irreversible.
Child poverty is set to soar under the coalition
Cameron promised that there would be no "increase in child poverty". But the IFS says it will soar.
The coalition's £11bn stealth cut
A technical quirk will allow the government to skim small amounts each year from lower income households.
How to prevent another meltdown
The Bank of England must restart quantitative easing. Then Osborne must slow his cuts.
IMF warns that Osborne may need to delay cuts
UK should consider slowing "planned adjustment" if growth continues to disappoint, says the IMF.
Osborne's £12bn black hole
Without further cuts and tax rises, Osborne will likely miss his pledge to eliminate the structural deficit.
Facebook’s $1.6bn woman
A witch-hunt?
Osborne's woes
Marr's monarchism
The interview
On Syria
The interview
GOP race so far
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