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‘Some people on tax credits will keep only 7p of every extra pound they earn following the cuts announced in last month’s Budget, a new analysis has revealed. The finding by officials in the House of Commons Library could put a question mark over George Osborne’s claim that his measures will “make work pay.” Labour […]

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‘Iain Duncan Smith is poised to cut vital benefits for the disabled by £30 a week, leaked documents show. The Tory welfare slasher – who ushered in the hated Bedroom Tax – now wants to cut Employment Support Allowance, the main sickness benefit. An internal Whitehall paper says ESA payments of up to £102.15-a-week do […]

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‘Welfare cuts totalling £12bn a year will be revealed in next month’s budget, the government has announced. The news come during a weekend in which thousands of protestors marched against government imposed austerity. Writing in a joint article in today’s Sunday Times, Chancellor George Osborne and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith say: “This […]

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‘British campaigners demand a review of the queen’s finances after reports that royal spending will not face cuts for at least another couple of years. Anti-monarchy activists urge cuts to Queen Elizabeth II’s multi-million-pound annual income in line with the rest of the nation. They say the current funding formula for the queen must be […]

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‘A massive anti-austerity protest is heading for London this morning. This is following recent protests also organised by The People’s Assembly following the Queen’s Speech and people protesting against proposed Tory cuts. The demonstrations are happening all over the UK, but the main group will be in London. Anti war factions, anti-racist and anti-fascist groups, […]

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‘Police are sitting on £1.85billion of public money – while complaining bitterly about ‘cuts’. Forces even managed to boost their reserves by more than a third over the past five years of ‘austerity’, watchdogs found. […]

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‘The UK is having its CCTV cameras switched off by councils who can’t afford to keep them running, the government’s surveillance camera watchdog said, warning of a deterioration in crime-fighting standards amid the government’s biting […]

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‘The Conservatives’ general election victory has shifted Britain’s political landscape further to the right. As the Tories enter government, critics are calling on them to prioritize the common good over blind austerity. In the opening […]

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‘George Osborne’s claim that households are already £900 a year better off than when the Coalition came to power has been called into question by independent experts. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) admitted […]

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