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UK economy: Will Labour raise taxes to avoid spending cuts?
James Murray is the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury. We asked if Labour were planning to raise taxes in order to avoid spending cuts.
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IFS says ‘tax cuts today add to risk of tax rises or spending cuts tomorrow’
It’s an election year – and inevitably perhaps the hint of tax cuts is in the air.
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No public service spending cuts under Labour vows Reeves
We speak to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, whose party came out with some new policy proposals on housing today.
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Liz Truss sticks to her plan as the Chancellor hints at spending cuts to come
After a week in which their controversial plan to grow the economy had sparked a slump in sterling and a £65 billion Bank of England bailout, the Prime Minister and Chancellor faced the music today with one clear message: they’re sticking to their guns. Liz Truss – running the gauntlet of eight back-to-back local radio…
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Foreign secretary outlines details of aid spending cuts amid MPs’ anger
In the last couple of hours, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has released further details of the cuts being made to foreign aid.
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PM: spending cuts have not reduced UK influence
David Cameron tells MPs Britain’s defence capabilities have not shrunk despite spending cuts.
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Public loos flushed out by spending cuts
Unison says government cuts are hitting public toilet provision. #c4newspopup has come to Fowey, Cornwall, where the issue is particularly – ahem – desperate…
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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.
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Hammond defends army spending cuts
Responding to claims that imposing further efficiencies on the armed forces would be disruptive, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says they will leave them better equipped and more capable.
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Seven government departments ‘agree spending cuts’
Chancellor George Osborne says that seven government departments have agreed to spending cuts of up to 10 per cent as part of a drive to cut £11.5bn of public spending.
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Further spending cuts ahead following budget
Britain’s most respected economic think tank was warns of “severe” spending cuts ahead. Our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, reports from Westminster.
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Spending cuts ’cause recruiting problems for public sector’
The government’s spending cuts create recruitment problems for public sector organisations as people “shy away” from the sector, a new report warns.
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Greece strikes in spending cuts protest
Police have responded with tear gas after demonstrators in Athens threw stones and bottles in protest against the terms of the latest Greek bailout.
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IMF backs George Osborne’s spending cuts plan
The IMF endorses George Osborne’s plans for getting the UK economy back on its feet and expects to see “moderate growth” this year, despite the slowdown at the end of 2010.
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Arts Council spending cuts: the losers (and winners)
As hundreds of theatres, dance and arts groups lose their funding, Channel 4 News maps the organisations hit by the Arts Council’s “painful decisions”. There are some winners too.
