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Spending cuts

  • 9 Jul 2013

    10 things Britons think about Britain that are wrong

    Britons dramatically overestimate the amount of teenage pregnancy, crime and benefit fraud in the UK. A new report by Ipsos Mori checks the perceptions against the truth.

  • 26 Jun 2013
    Faisal Islam

    ‘Grossly’ misleading claims on investment?

    What is actually happening to capital spending? Just where did the chancellor get his £300bn number from?

  • 26 Jun 2013

    Spending review: Osborne announces where axe will fall

    Chancellor George Osborne tells MPs Britain will have to endure another £11.5bn of cuts, with further pain for public sector workers. But infrastructure spending will receive a boost.

  • 26 Jun 2013

    Spending review: ‘what do they eat while job hunting?’

    There are mixed reactions to George Osborne’s spending review; charities and unions attack curbs on welfare but business groups praise the chancellor’s commitment to infrastructure spending.

  • 26 Jun 2013

    Chancellor to unveil £11.5bn of spending cuts

    Chancellor George Osborne is to draw up the battle lines for the next general election as he sets out his final spending plans before the country goes to the polls in 2015.

  • 25 Jun 2013
    Faisal Islam

    Spending review lessons from Sheffield for Osborne

    Capital spending on infrastructure has been halved by George Osborne. On Wednesday, he will announce an increase in this type of spending, but why was this not done three years ago?

  • 22 Jun 2013

    Miliband: Labour will not borrow more to reverse cuts

    Ed Miliband commits to sticking with coalition spending plans and rules out more borrowing to reverse public spending cuts.

  • 16 Apr 2013

    IMF cuts growth forecast and issues challenge to Osborne

    The International Monetary Fund lowers its growth forecast for the UK and says Chancellor George Osborne should consider changing his austerity policies.

  • 9 Apr 2013

    Criminals could pay for costs of justice system

    Criminals will be made contribute to the cost of the justice system under a new system announced by the Justice Secretary.

  • 30 Mar 2013

    Welfare reforms won’t cut Britain’s benefit bill

    Iain Duncan Smith admits that controversial welfare reforms due to come in next week will not be enough to cut Britain’s benefit bill

  • 27 Mar 2013

    Disabled people ‘hit by multiple benefit cuts’

    Hundreds of thousands of disabled people will be worse off as a result of six different benefit cuts, according to Scope.

  • 19 Mar 2013

    Easterhouse: harsh reality behind benefits ‘revolution’

    When Iain Duncan Smith came to Easterhouse in Glasgow more than a decade ago, he pledged to change the system to help some of Britain’s poorest. But the change has not been what residents hoped for.

  • 14 Mar 2013

    Zombie Britain: countdown to budget 2013

    Chancellor George Osborne faces his biggest test: how to revive a zombie economy – watch Channel 4 News and visit channel4.com/news for all the analysis of budget 2013 – Wednesday 20 March.

  • 13 Mar 2013

    Disabled living fund changes challenged at high court

    Five disabled people are challenging a plan to change the way their care is funded by the government, arguing it undermines the state’s duty to promote independent living for the disabled.

  • 10 Mar 2013

    Archbishops warn families ‘will pay the price’ of reforms

    The Archbishop of Canterbury is among 43 bishops condemning government plans to change the benefits system, saying it will have a “deeply disproportionate” effect on children.

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