Chancellor must act to protect local services, says Local Government Association
‘Local government remains the fabric of our country but many of the vital services we provide face an existential crisis.’
‘Local government remains the fabric of our country but many of the vital services we provide face an existential crisis.’
The Chancellor should have taken the chance to revive a stagnating UK. Instead he scrimped on it.
Here’s what the left has to say about the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.
The Conservatives pledged to set up regional Wealth Funds for investing in our country. They should use the Autumn Statement to fulfil their manifesto promise.
Ambulance delays and long waiting times are on the rise
The chancellor is stuck between a rock and a hard place – he needs creative solutions
Tory investment in social care is woefully inadequate
The Autumn Statement forecasts tell a story of economic failure
Osborne used the myth of near-bankruptcy to justify damaging austerity
Someone is misrepresenting the evidence – but it’s not the IFS