When Labour retreated, it sewed several landmines in the... What is the budget? The welfare budget must be at the heart of the debate on how to restore the public finances. The Government spends more on welfare than anything else. In 2009 the bill for social protection was around £199 billion. This has almost doubled in real terms over the last 20 years from £104 billion...A New Labour landmine detonates
FRASER NELSON 9:03am
Has Mark Hoban just become the first victim of the New Labour landmines? He was asked on the Today Programme whether the Treasury had conducted a formal study assessing the impact of the cuts on ethnic minorities. Hoban was speechless - as well you might be. But the assessment, he was told, is required under Harriet Harman's Equalities Act. Has it been carried out? He avoided the question and was asked it again. And so it continued, a la Paxman v Howard.What do you need to know ahead of the Spending Review – Welfare
PATRICK NOLAN 3:38pm
This is the fourth of our posts with Reform looking ahead to the Spending Review. The first three posts were onhealth, education, and the first hundred days.
Thursday, 26 August 2010
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