Author Archives: Dan

As we approach today’s Comprehensive Spending Review let’s just briefly reflect on how and why we got here in the first place… I’m no economist, but it’s true to say that under Blair & Brown public spending has risen consistently … Continue reading →

Just ahead of the Spending Review, did you know…? George Osborne was in fact born Gideon Osborne – he changed his name at the age of 13 after his grandfather. He took Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he … Continue reading →

Early signs are that despite George’s insistence on fairness it will be the poorest 10% that will feel most of Osborne’s Spending Review pain. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has told Sky News the spending plans are “regressive” and a … Continue reading →

500,000 public sector jobs to go £81bn cut from public spending over four years 19% average departmental cuts £7bn extra welfare cuts, including changes to incapacity, housing benefit and tax credits. That’s on top of the 11 billion previously announced … Continue reading →

Yep, having been bailed out the banks to the tune of 85 BILLION QUID (see previous post http://tiny.cc/owsvk), and having got us into this mess in the first place, more details have today emerged of the much anticipated bank levy. … Continue reading →

A YouGov survey conducted for The Sun shows that the country is split down the middle when it comes to the ConDem’s austerity cuts. 41% believe the coalition’s cuts are good for the economy, 41% think they’re bad, and 18% … Continue reading →

The ConDem coalition is all set to announce plans to sell off up to 50% of the 748,000 hectares of woodland overseen by the Forestry Commission. An integral part of our natural habitat and indeed our culture, many of the … Continue reading →

A study conducted by Cambridge University and commissioned by Shelter shows that coalition plans to cap Housing Benefit will leave large areas of London unaffordable for thousands of people.With the average two-bedroom London house costing more to rent than would … Continue reading →

Contrary to the figures given by Osborne in his Spending Review a survey today predicts that up to 725,000 public sector jobs are in the firing line following planned cuts, with a further 900,000 in jeopardy within the private sector, … Continue reading →