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Month: December 2011
Cuts in the City: How Manchester Fared in 2011
Tonight (Thursday 22) and tomorrow the BBC Radio 4 PM programme will carry items by reporter Andrew Bomford about how greater Manchester has fared over the past year in the face of a sluggish economy and large public spending cuts. It’s based on a report we wrote for them on the impact of the cuts (which you can get here). Continue reading “Cuts in the City: How Manchester Fared in 2011”
Academy Schools Funding System Fails – quelle surprise
I have been predicting for some time that some of the big structural changes to public services are likely to destabilise the financial systems in health, education and local government. So it comes as no surprise that tens of millions of pounds have been ‘accidentally’ awarded to new Academy Schools. Continue reading “Academy Schools Funding System Fails – quelle surprise”
We Are Not “All In It Together” – it’s official
Inequality across the OECD is rising, including in Britain, even before the impact of the current crisis has even worked its way through, an important new OECD report shows. Continue reading “We Are Not “All In It Together” – it’s official”
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