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cuts Articles

An honest day’s work for an honest day’s pension

Among the news this week, you might have missed one seemingly unimportant piece. Eric Pickles’ department has decided that English councillors, GLA members and the mayor of London will be forced to leave the local government pension scheme from May. Unlike members of...
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Give councils more power to shape economies

It’s been clear for some time that the current austerity is not being evenly felt, with recent reports again showing that local authorities in the poorest areas of the country are being crippled by disproportionate cuts. Both Ed Miliband and Jon Cruddas recently...
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Missing link

‘Milibandism’ is largely silent on Labour’s approach to public service reform. It should not be, says Nick Pearce Dominating any discussion about Labour’s approach to public services is the overwhelming, undeniably brute reality of the fiscal context it will face if...
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The new ‘peasants’ revolt’

Cities don’t reflect the national economy – they are the national economy. If they perform badly, then rural areas and the rest of country are likely to underperform as well. Cuts to services are rightly grabbing the headlines, but it’s the overall trajectory of the...
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Hammond time

Hammond time

Jul 17, 2014 |

While the departure of Michael Gove may have dominated the headlines and sparked a debate as to the direction of the...