public spending Articles

Equity and efficiency are two sides of the same coin Public spending has become one of the thorniest issues with which the Labour leadership contenders have had to grapple. Much of the debate so far has turned on a single question: Was the last Labour government...

Before New Labour, before Bambi’, before majorities of 179 and 167, before the new dawn and Things Can Only Get Better, there was this: ‘I think it’s important that we are tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime, too’. That was Tony Blair, not as leader, but...

My council tax bill landed on the doormat last week. It is not the letter I most look forward to opening but I know my council like most other Labour councils will spend our money wisely and in stark comparison with how this government has wasted billions on a slap...

The first duty of government is to protect its citizens. It is hard to believe our current government sees this as its priority when this week it emerged that cuts at the Ministry of Defence could lead to troop numbers falling to just 50,000. This is the lowest level...