October 2010
How the CSR broke coalition pledges on crime, transport, terrorism and energy
Apart from the poorest being hit hardest as a percentage of income and the weak British economy being severely strained, it is equally appalling how many pledges made by the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives have been simply brushed under the carpet throughout the months - and the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) laid them bare.
Cruddas: Labour needs a credible economic alternative
Mr Cruddas called for a new politics of hope over despair and said Labour needs a new political narrative that should mainstream a credible economic alternative against the right's intellectual powerhouse of ideas. The party should espouse an active interventionist industrial policy and a strategy for deficit-reduction through growth and full employment.
Spending review slashes £60bn from growth
David Cameron and Ed Miliband make speeches today on growth. New analysis shows that last week's Spending Review will remove around £60 billion from the economy.
Clegg’s fave tune: Life on Mars – a barren, inhospitable world…
Nick Clegg appeared on Desert Island Discs this morning, putting the worries of the world to one side and revealing his favourite tunes, reports Shamik Das.
Coalition’s aim for a “school sport revolution” in tatters after CSR
The government's aim to “spark a competitive school sport revolution”, outlined only a month ago, looks set to become yet another broken coalition promise, following the cuts to school sport outlined in the Comprehensive Spending Review this week and the subsequent axing of targets and strategies which have resulted in increases in participation in school sport and rises in the number of pupils playing competitive sport.
Giving schools the freedom to shape the Big or Good society
Schools are going to have to pay for a lot of support, training and consultancy they currently receive ‘for free’ from local authorities. If they want such services in the future, the only way they will get them is by paying less for teachers, teaching assistants and materials.