Spending Review: Just some of the times Tory ministers pledged to keep the aid budget intact
One minister promised his ‘good pal’ the Chancellor wouldn’t be cutting the aid budget only in September…
One minister promised his ‘good pal’ the Chancellor wouldn’t be cutting the aid budget only in September…
Conservative cuts have led to crippling inefficiencies
Tens of thousands of people will lose the English lessons they depend on to participate in society
Selling off housing associations would rid George Osborne of £60bn worth of debt
Ahead of spending cuts to be announced on Wednesday, the TUC warns that UK public services are already falling behind
The logical endpoint of this trend could be the privatisation of housing associations
A business-as-usual approach risks hurting those most in need of public services
New spending commitments mean some areas will feel all the impact of the cuts
The chancellor’s recent Spending Review announcement and a subsequent letter from a civil servant to council housing authorities confirm that the government has got itself in a real muddle over policy towards rents in social housing.
Everyone knew there would be very little money to spare in Wednesday’s Spending Review and Thursday’s ‘Growth Statement’. The slow recovery of the national economy has put paid to any attempts to move away from ‘austerity’, so departmental cuts of up to 10 per cent came as no surprise.