There’s stunning analysis from the TUC and UNISON in a report by Tim Horton and Howard reed out today with the above title. As they
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School starting age to be raised to 11?
The sheer impossibility of the ConDems delivering the cuts they have promised becomes more apparent by the day. Take this from the FT: Cutting funding
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This will end in tears very soon
Nice line from a commentator on Question Time: “When Vince Cable is to the right of Peter Hitchen then the Liberal democrats really are finished.”
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What next after this travesty of a budget?
The election has been, and gone. I am aware many already regret their decision on how to vote. The budget has been and gone —
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The battle over a General Anti-Avoidance Principle begins
The battle lines to come on the review on a General Anti-Avoidance Principle are becoming apparent. And the misinformation is beginning. On the BBC Saffery
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More welfare cuts to come
Only a day after announcing savage welfare cuts Osborne was back to announce more. As the FT notes: George Osborne has heralded a fresh
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Illicit Financial Flows and the Recession
Around the world governments are announcing massive cuts in government spending. The consequence is inevitable: programs that politicians and civil servants once thought essential will
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The budget is likely to create 1.6 million job losses, or more
I am intrigued by the debate on public sector employees. I took part in a phone in on BBC Radio Scotland his morning and you’d
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