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Archive: Austerity
Into the bear pit: May faces her worst day of the year
The home secretary will face her biggest public challenge of the year tomorrow when she attends the annual Police Federation conference in Bournemouth, where she is regularly greeted with heckles and boos.
May's police choice: 'I promise I'll stand up to her'
Frosty reception: May takes on the coppers
Comment: May treats us police officers with contempt
Queen's Speech 2013 comment: Cameron offers another damp, right-wing sigh
Cameron does enough to alienate centrists but not enough to placate his backbenchers.
The public finally turns against austerity
The public's patience with the government's austerity programme appears to finally be running out, after a new poll showed a majority now opposed it.
Small victories: Osborne breathes sigh of relief as UK avoids triple-dip recession
George Osborne bought himself some much-needed breathing room today, as official figures showed the economy grew by 0.3% in the first three months of the year.
Poorest hit hardest by austerity, new data shows
The most deprived areas of the country are being hit hardest by the government's deficit reduction programme, new information from Labour suggests.
Comment: Osborne's mistakes pile up, but he remains secure
In politics there's no such thing as an indispensable man, but at the moment George Osborne is the nearest thing to it.
The tyranny of the 20 metre test: Atos presides over hated change in disability benefit
Disability groups warned of misery for thousands today, after the government started replacing disability living allowance (DLA) with new tests which would rule out assistance if someone can walk more than 20 metres.
Government 'looking at' cutting minimum wage
The minimum wage could be cut as part of efforts to reinvigorate the economy, the prime minister's spokesman has admitted.
Comment: Osborne's Budget is a shrug of despair in the face of catastrophe
The chancellor fiddles while Britain burns.
Sketch: Gollum Osborne finally chokes on his own words
The chancellor's strange combination of nervousness and indignation finally gets the better of him.
Budget 2013: Osborne tests Einstein's definition of madness
George Osborne is set to test Albert Einstein's definition of insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" when he delivers his fourth Budget later today.
Lib Dem diary: A non-existent curry house plot
The closest Lib Dems get to conspiracy is a chat about Blackburn Rovers.
The autumn statement that never was: 4G sell-off leaves £1bn black hole in Osborne's finances
George Osborne's autumn statement was in danger of falling apart today, after the sell-off of the 4G mobile phone licenses raised just £2.3 billion - significantly less than the £3.5 billion predicted by the government.
Chaos at the heart of government: Is the Treasury fit for purpose?
A damning new report on the performance of the Treasury has found its own accounts are "impenetrable" and it cannot explain the results of £375 billion spent in quantitative easing.
Labour Day: Miliband shocks Westminster with 10p tax announcement
Ed Miliband will make a concerted effort to counter the accusation he has no policies today, with three keynote speeches expected to fight for the news agenda.
Fears of triple-dip recession fade in upbeat economic forecast
Fears of a triple-dip recession faded this morning, when the Bank of England's official growth forecast suggested the UK economy was improving slightly.
Court quashes IDS' back-to-work scheme
A government scheme which forced a woman to work for Poundland without pay was unlawful, the court of appeal found today.
Osborne: Storm clouds gather for a beleaguered chancellor
George Osborne was the subject of another whispering campaign today, as the chancellor was increasingly singled out for criticism for Britain's economic stagnation.
Cameron misled the public in party broadcast
David Cameron misled the nation when he used a party political broadcast to say the coalition was "paying back Britain's debts", the chair of the UK Statistics Authority said today.
PMQs verdict: Miliband pops Cameron's EU bubble
Ed Miliband put in a predictable and unconvincing performance, but by the time he had left the Chamber, he had stuck in a pin in David Cameron's EU balloon.
One too many Budgets: Osborne told to quit his addiction
The chancellor needs to stop using the autumn statement as a second Budget, an influential committee of MPs said today.
A new London airport 'would need taxpayer funds'
Serious doubts were raised on the financial viability of building a new hub airport in London today, after an influential committee of MPs said it would require an injection of taxpayer funds.
IMF: Osborne loses his last friend
Even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is demanding the chancellor adopt a 'Plan B' for the economy, leaving George Osborne with precious few allies left on the international stage.
Coalition sharpens knives for another cutting frenzy
The coalition is gearing up to begin plotting detailed spending cuts extending into the next parliament - despite figures out today showing another setback for its deficit reduction agenda.
The Political Week Online: Nick Clegg makes us laugh
Nick Clegg makes us laugh. At him. But it's a start.
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