n/a

public spending cuts

October 10, 2019

IMF spending $93 billion bailing out reckless lenders, says Jubilee Debt Campaign

Research by the Jubilee Debt Campaign indicates a major breach by the IMF of its own policies, with $93 billion of lending to highly indebted countries without any debt restructurings.
December 4, 2018

Axing millions from youth work puts futures at risk, says UNISON

Cuts have meant the loss of 4,500 youth work jobs and over 760 youth centres since 2012.
November 23, 2015

New report warns of effect of cuts on public services

A new report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) warns that severe spending cuts are already undermining public service quality, and that if the Chancellor does not rethink his plans to cut spending further, public service outcomes are set to plummet.
October 21, 2015

Chancellor borrowing four times more than planned, says TUC

New public sector finance figures published on 21 October by the Office for National Statistics, show that public spending cuts are a failed strategy for reducing the deficit, says the Trades Union Congress.
May 4, 2015

Further cuts would badly affect middle-income families

Cuts in the UK have harmed many of the most disadvantaged, including people who are disabled or low-paid.
December 7, 2014

Cuts: tough choices, or ideology?

The scale of public spending cuts proposed by UK Chancellor George Osborne is shocking, but we shouldn’t be surprised. Not because such savage cuts are necessary, but because to many in government they are desirable.
June 15, 2014

Tax protest closes Vodaphone stores

Campaigners claiming Vodafone has been let off an unpaid tax bill of £6 billion blockaded several shops across the UK yesterday
February 11, 2014

Floods, spending cuts and taxation: why more cannot be done with less

As the nation’s attention is increasingly focused on the plight of people in flood-affected areas, one strand of political opinion, usually quite vocal, has remained noticeably silent. Advocates of low tax and low public spending have had little to say faced with a situation which demands a huge response from the full range of public services.
November 10, 2013

Bedroom tax: much-needed affordable homes face demolition

Because of the bedroom tax, many much-needed affordable homes may be demolished, despite the housing shortage. The Observer reports that several housing associations, unable to let three-bedroom homes because of this controversial UK government measure, are planning to knock some of these down or considering doing so.
December 5, 2012

Autumn Spending Review: we're not all in this together

The poorest will have to shoulder the biggest burden as a result of today’s Spending Review by George Osborne.