October 2010
The case against ‘Blogger of the Year’ Nick Robinson
BBC Political Editor, Nick Robinson, picked up the ‘Blogger of the Year’ prize at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards this […]
Anger in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as Osborne’s cuts hit home
There was disappointment, anger and devastation as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland learned the full scale of the cuts they would have to endure in the CSR.
Welcome news on capital spending but CSR appears to favour south over north
There were some snippets of good news in the Chancellor’s Spending Review statement yesterday, reports ippr's Tony Dolphin.
Osborne’s fairness claims fall flat. Again
The governement suggests the distributional impact of the spending cuts is less regressive than if these important areas were also included; but are they right?
Huge cuts to climate and environment departments hit Tories’ green claims
Green issues just aren’t as central to the [Tories’] political offer as they once were; green issues are not needed to ‘de-toxify’, because Lib Dems do this.
Has the Health budget been cut?
The Chancellor today announced that Health spending would rise in real terms. A closer look at the numbers suggest that the Health budget will fall against the baseline set out in the June Budget.