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Families with children will bear brunt of benefit cuts, says IFSPlanned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. 04 January 2012
Pension funds won't invest 'just to dig government out of a hole'A senior local authority figure has warned ministers that plans for pension funds to invest in national infrastructure developments will not be approved 'just to dig the government out of a hole'. 19 December 2011
Tupe terms could be binnedRegulations guaranteeing public sector workers' rights when services are outsourced could be scrapped, according to an employment law expert. 16 December 2011
Six years of cuts 'extraordinary', says IFSThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the government's extension of its austerity drive for two years as 'extraordinary'. 30 November 2011
Scotland queries 'extra' capital spendingThe Scottish Government has asked Chancellor George Osborne what effect the capital spending boost announced in yesterday's Autumn Statement will have on revenue budgets. 30 November 2011
Osborne caps public sector pay rise at 1% after freezePublic sector pay rises will be capped at 1% after the current pay freeze ends as the government does 'whatever it takes' to protect Britain from the European debt crisis, Chancellor George Osborne said today. 29 November 2011
Small firms offered £20bn in guaranteed cheaper loansAn 'ambitious' programme of credit easing will give small businesses access to loans at lower interest rates, the chancellor announced today. 29 November 2011
Osborne's infrastructure boost 'won't be felt for years'The government has been warned that its proposals to increase spending on infrastructure will not boost economic growth for years. 28 November 2011
Clegg launches £1bn fund to cut youth unemploymentDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced plans for a £1bn Youth Contract to tackle record unemployment among young people. 25 November 2011
Miliband warns chancellor to 'change course'Labour leader Ed Miliband has branded the government's economic strategy a 'failure' and called on Chancellor George Osborne to use next week's Autumn Statement to 'change course' to deliver growth and jobs. 25 November 2011
Spending cuts should be linked to economic growth, says IPPRThe government should use independent Office for Budget Responsibility advice to match planned spending cuts to the strength of the economy, a leading think-tank has said. 23 November 2011
Cutting deficit is hard but still our priority, says CameronCutting the UK's deficit is proving 'harder than anyone envisaged', Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted in a speech to business leaders. 22 November 2011
Cutting fuel duty while raising rail fares 'risks voters' ire'The government has been warned it will face a backlash from rail commuters if fuel duty is frozen while train fares are subject to 'punitive' hikes. 22 November 2011
Cuts 'risk plunging more British children into poverty'The UK's four children's commissioners have urged the government to reassess its spending plans, saying the cuts risk pushing more families into poverty. 21 November 2011
Record unemployment 'caused by eurozone crisis'The government has blamed the eurozone crisis for the latest rise in UK unemployment, which is now at its highest for 17 years. 16 November 2011

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