Spending Review 2010
UK May Bailout Ireland
By TSF at November 18, 2010 | 1:53 am | 1 Comments
"I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left" that was the infamous note left by former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Bryne in May 2010 when Labour lost the general election. And we have heard time and time again from the Conservatives and from the Liberal Democrats that Britain has no money left, it has huge debt and it's all Labour's fault. So why if Britain has more...
What does the Spending Review mean for Criminal Justice?
By TSF at October 25, 2010 | 6:12 am | 0 Comment
Those who watched the spending review on Wednesday would have witnessed the Chancellor wielding the axe, but what does the government spending review mean for Police and Criminal Justice in Britain? The Home Office is facing cuts of 23% over the next four years, this will mean tens of thousands of jobs will be lost as part of the half a million public sector jobs to be more...
Liberal U-Turn over Tuition Fees
By TSF at October 24, 2010 | 1:19 pm | 0 Comment
Tuition fees were introduced in 2004 for students in England by the then Labour government and capped at £3290 a year. There's no doubt record numbers of young people are now choosing to go to University. As we have seen in the government spending review and from the report by Lord Browne, Universities could charge as much as they wanted for the cost of the course, more...
The First Cut is the deepest
By TSF at October 20, 2010 | 7:32 pm | 0 Comment
Well after much speculation we found out today just what will be cut as part of the government spending review, on his feet for just over one hour with a packed House of Commons chamber. His voice started to go as he went through the list of savage cuts to public spending. The Chancellor started by saying “the action we have taken since May has taken us out of the more...
