Faisal Islam
Spending review: a pot pourri of stealth cuts?
It is rather difficult to escape the notion that in an almost crazed desire to be seen as “fair”, the Coalition has made a bit of a dog’s dinner of the spending review.
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Ireland spending cuts unveiled amid bailout
Ireland outlines its toughest budget cuts in a generation as the country’s finance minister says it is time to move forward with “confidence and purpose”, writes Siobhan Kennedy.
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Tory peer apologies for ‘breeding’ comments
New Tory peer Howard Flight has apologised for saying welfare cuts would incentivise the poor to “breed more”. FactCheck looks at whether benefits do encourage people to have children.
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Will politicians bow to protesters?
From Beijing to Millbank, it’s the question of the week. What makes a protest -whether by leaders criticising human rights abuses or student activists breaking windows- into a political gamechanger?
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Duncan Smith unveils welfare reforms
In a White Paper published today, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, sets out his plans to cut Britain’s £192 billion benefits bill and unveil the new universal credit.
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‘Grave concerns’ over spending cuts
MPs have outlined “grave concerns” about whether Whitehall departments can deliver efficiency savings without cutting frontline services – based on past experience.
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‘Grave concerns’ over spending cuts
MPs have outlined “grave concerns” about whether Whitehall departments can deliver efficiency savings without cutting frontline services – based on past experience.
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FactCheck: Winter Fuel Payments to the vulnerable
Pensioners escaped relatively unscathed from the slashing Spending Review with their universal Winter Fuel Payments intact, although the top-up the last government introduced for two years is still due to come to an end. But is it just the vulnerable that benefit?
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Gary Gibbon
Detours on the road to a smaller State
The Chancellor knows where he wants to take Britain economically, but he has to face a few detours first, says our Political Editor.
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Spending review: The Westminster theatre
We’ve had the numbers from the government’s spending review, but what about the theatre? Broadcaster Peter McHugh takes a less than serious look at George Osborne’s Westminster address.
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Poor hit more by Spending Review cuts, says IFS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies reveals the half-truths, “stealth cuts” and real victims of the Chancellor’s Spending Review, writes our Economics Editor, Faisal Islam.
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Spending review: The age of austerity and uncertainty
In the wake of George Osborne’s deep spending cuts, “we are entering not just an age of austerity, but one of uncertainty”, writes Gaby Hinsliff.
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PledgeCheck: the Coalition cuts to their election pledges
FactCheck looks at a few of the pledges the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have dropped in the name of coalition and cost cutting.
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Are the cuts fair?
Is the spending review fair? Choosing “fairness” as the test could yet turn out to be an act of political genius, or a suicide note.
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Spending review: who loses out?
Who is at greatest risk from the spending review? Experts and charities tell Channel 4 News the changes to benefits will affect those most in need, leaving the vulnerable out in the cold.
