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English Heritage plans to stop erecting blue plaques which mark the homes of famous former occupants unless more funding can be found to maintain the scheme.
Long-struggling councils will see spending power cut by 1.7 per cent next year, leading some MPs to accuse Communities Secretary Eric Pickles of treating them with “contempt”.
Government plans to cut spending in Whitehall departments and invest an extra £5bn in schools and other capital projects will “make our country work better”, says David Cameron.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson defends cuts to the flood defence budget, telling Channel 4 News that reductions have been small considering the “dire economic inheritance” from Labour.
Rightly or wrongly, the government has taken steps to curb the trend of rising spending on DLA. About half a million people will be affected.
Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, calls for more time to implement tough spending cuts and reforms, ahead of talks on its bailout.
“The Met’s budget shortfall accounts for the lion’s share of a £302m gap nationally. It’s not clear where the money will come from and more job losses can’t be ruled out.”
A report by Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary says three police forces may not be able to provide a sufficiently effective service and warns of more job cuts as forces chase savings.
More than 100 people protesting against government austerity cuts descend on the London home of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
The UK’s tax-collecting service is praised by MPs for recovering billions of pounds in lost revenue – but it could have been considerably more if it had not shed so many jobs.
More than 30,000 off-duty police officers march through central London in protest at cuts aimed at reducing their numbers by 20 per cent.
As the UK slides back into recession, does this mean the chancellor’s round of austerity measures will be extended yet again?
I’ve spent the day buried in spreadsheets and statistics looking at insights for our C4 Jobs Report. In the course of that I got a closer look at the GDP numbers released as part of the Quarterly National Accounts a fortnight ago, writes Faisal Islam.
Spain sets out deep budget cuts which its treasury minister has called ‘the most austere’ in the country’s democratic history, despite fierce popular resistance.
Former defence secretary Liam Fox is leading backbench Tory demands for Chancellor George Osborne to cut taxes on business.