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Archive: Spending Cuts
The new rules: Balls spearheads Labour revival
Ed Balls has launched Labour's bid to get voters to trust the party with the economy again by pledging "iron discipline" on tough economic decisions.
Balls steals Cameron's 'national interest' clothes
Ed Balls' conference speech in full
Analysis: Ed Balls' deceptively conservative speech
Ed Balls' conference speech in full
Read Ed Balls' first speech as shadow chancellor to the Labour party conference in full here.
Business group wants end to NHS ringfence
Protected NHS and aid spending may have to face cuts if the economy does not recover by next spring, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.
Miliband attacks govt 'integrity' over deficit
Ministers are refusing to back down on their deficit reduction plans because of a fear of losing face, Ed Miliband has suggested.
'Mums in pyjamas' to target Tory party conference
A delegation of mums will protest outside the Tory party conference wearing only pyjamas next week.
No end to pensions impasse as walkout nears
Unions are no closer to calling off planned strikes over public sector pensions, Brendan Barber has said.
Government edges towards Plan B
There were continued signs of a change in the government's economic policy today, as reports emerged of plans to inject £5 billion into the economy.
The week in politics: A bomb under the table
The Eurozone is about to blow your face off. No need to panic.
Comment: Toughening strike laws won't reduce industrial action
Compromise – not legislation – will prevent a new winter of discontent.
Osborne urges calm amid global financial turmoil
George Osborne stressed the need for calm today, as global markets responded to new efforts to end the financial crisis.
Whitehall sets breakneck pace for staff cuts
Government departments have shed eight per cent of their staff since the third quarter of 2010, figures show - but some ministries are moving faster than others.
Public sector strikes set for November 30th
Millions of public sector staff could walk out on November 30th, as unions gear up for the climax of their fight with the government over pensions.
Unemployment blame game plays out at PMQs
Ed Miliband went on the offensive at this week's prime minister's questions over unemployment figures David Cameron admitted were "disappointing".
PMQs sketch: Unemployment... with a sprinkling of S&M
George Osborne's usual disdain is replaced by trepidation.
Deficit U-turn? Clegg unveils Plan A+
Nick Clegg has unveiled plans to speed up capital infrastructure projects, in a sign the government is prepared to deviate from its economic policy.
Nick Clegg 'Plan A+' speech in full
Read Nick Clegg's speech announcing the government's new economic agenda in full on politics.co.uk.
Unemployment rises by 80,000
There was more gloomy news for the UK economy today, as figures showed unemployment up by 80,000 in the three months to July.
Miliband offers tough message to unions in key economic speech
Ed Miliband offered a stark message to the trade unions today in the most important economic speech of his leadership.
Brendan Barber's TUC Congress speech in full
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber's speech to the 2011 Congress in London, in full:
Living standards will keep falling, IFS warns
Household incomes face a post-recessionary squeeze "for a considerable length of time", a report has warned.
Unions meet to organise 'mass movement' against cuts
Union leaders are demanding a mass movement against the spending cuts as they meet for the annual TUC conference.
Call for mass civil disobedience ahead of union meeting
A prominent union leader has called for mass civil disobedience across Britain ahead of the TUC conference.
Outrage as thinktank brands job losses 'easily manageable'
Trade unions reacted with outrage today after a prominent right-wing thinktank branded 400,000 public sector job losses "easily manageable".
Priorities questioned over defence cuts
Nearly 2,000 armed services personnel are learning that their jobs are to disappear today.
English MPs left fuming as Scots spending divide grows
News that the gap between public spending per head in Scotland and Wales rose by 15% last year has renewed calls for a shakeup in the system used to divide public money.
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