Cameron’s Christmas message mocked for hypocrisy

Ken Loach attacks Prime Minister for thanking health workers while slashing public services to the bone

A Christmas full of hope

Tories cut more than even Spain

SPENDING cuts in Britain since the financial crash have been more severe than austerity-ravaged Spain, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said

Bedroom tax robs families of £572 a year

Children of impoverished parents go hungry

Bread for the poor, circuses for the rich

Stats reveal widening gap in austerity Britain

The very EU Coups

An anti-austerity majority in Portugal was blocked from power by fearful elites. It’s nothing new in the EU, writes BRIAN DENNY

Key budget points

Policing

Police budgets in England protected from real-terms cuts, but forces expected to share resources.

A Budget for the City’s benefit

GEORGE OSBORNE’S Autumn Statement confirms his critics’ key accusation that his capitalist austerity policy is based on political choices rather th

Tory budget threat to vital local services

Bosses say authorities are at tipping point

Copper cuts hinder response to terror

Cameron reveals attack has been thwarted this month