• Benefits,Cut

  Labour’s winter fuel payment U-turn is a distraction from its much bigger betrayal

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• Government,Spending

  Rachel Reeves’s spending review crisis is real – and entirely of her own making

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• Business,Labour Party,Public services

  Rachel Reeves plays it safe — and public services are devastated

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: May 28, 2025|
• Conservative Party,Economy,Politics

  Five things George Osborne doesn’t want you to mention about his spending review

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: November 25, 2015|
• Austerity,Avoidance,Conservative Party,Economy,Politics,Tax

  ‘We are the builders’ says Osborne as he plants his spending plans on shifting sands

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: November 25, 2015|
• Benefits,Conservative Party,Politics

  Osborne didn’t do his sums properly – now he’ll have to lift the ‘welfare cap’

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: November 24, 2015|
• Charity,Conservative Party,Food Banks,Politics

  Osborne wants to raid the Lottery and rob food banks to pay for his spending cuts

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: November 23, 2015|
• Austerity,Conservative Party,Economy,Politics,Public services

  The Spending Review’s big choice: will there be five ‘big losers’ or a toning down of the cuts?

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: November 21, 2015|