Discusses whether the UK coalition government are correct in their strategy of making spending cuts, particularly in the public sector, as a means of addressing the country's large budget deficit resulting from the economic and financial crisis and recession. Presents the government argument that ...
With limits on borrowing, and no tax rises or spending cuts, maintaining, let alone improving public services, will prove a challenging prospect for the next government. Read more Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/30 ×...
From the outset the government has pushed back against awarding chunky pay rises to public sector workers, arguing that doing so could fuel inflation. That was always a contentious claim. The inflationary impact of public sector pay rises depends on how they are funded - whether t...
Report aiming to analyse the effect of public spending cuts on the voluntary and community sector in Great Britain. Whilst acknowledging that the voluntary and community sector should not be immune from public spending cuts, this report considers that there is considerable evidence that cuts are curr...
Automotive, aerospace and life sciences are key end markets for the upstream chemicals sector and all additional growth investment is a welcome surprise when the expectation in the run-up was for no new funding or spending cuts. That said, the electric veh...
The Treasury has ordered cabinet ministers to be "ruthless" in identifying public spending cuts as Labour battles to prove its economic plan is working, according to The Daily Telegraph. 22:03:16 The i Paper Four young boys including two under 13 were raped by men they met on the popular ...
UK state debt is equivalent to the country's annual output, data showed Friday, as the new government warns of tough decisions on tax and spending ahead of its maiden budget. "Public sector net debt... was provisionally estimated at 100 percent of gross domestic product at the e...
Significant public-sector spending cuts are likely over the next few years, placing additional pressure on staffing and budgets for investment in new initiatives. One of the biggest challenges Typical Council faces is to ensure that its schools provide the necessary information on energy use. ...
However, this situation appears to have reversed with an associated program of spending cuts in public sector employment and welfare that will likely be borne by women. While accurate data are crucial in the analytical process, the exclusive use of statistics relating to paid work only gives a ...
NHS budget would be protected, they still expected cuts.Robin Arnold, consultant psychiatrist at Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Trust said: "Managers throughout the NHS are talking about cuts of between 10% and 20%, and some mental health trusts are looking at a 30% reduction in spending...