The human cost
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Public sector cuts – the truth
Thousands of publicly funded services across Britain are about to be lost, with devastating consequences
Patrick Butler's Cutsblog
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Disability benefit cuts: a disaster waiting to happen
19 Dec 2011, 12:44 GMT: The case of Sue Marsh, whose application for Disability Living Allowance was rejected despite having a debilitating disease, has highlighted the dangers of the Coalition's welfare reforms -
Council cuts: the Manhattan-isation of central London
13 Dec 2011, 11:02 GMT
Cuts: sector by sector
Latest public sector cuts comment
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Polly Toynbee: Labour's values count even more in hard times. David Cameron has to agree: this could be a tipping point for fat cat Britain -
Jess Thom: Using a disability to insult Ed Balls is cheap, but don't apologise to people like me with Tourette's – stop your assault on the NHS
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Sue Marsh: The welfare reform bill will be disastrous for sick and disabled people. But we are now determined that our voices will be heard
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Latest public sector cuts
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Polly Toynbee: Labour's values count even more in hard times. David Cameron has to agree: this could be a tipping point for fat cat Britain
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Jess Thom: Using a disability to insult Ed Balls is cheap, but don't apologise to people like me with Tourette's – stop your assault on the NHS
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Gavin Kelly, former adviser to Brown and Blair, suggests a whole Labour generation must unlearn its old model of politics
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Service provider charities censoring their public remarks for fear of funding reprisals, warns Independence Panel
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Sue Marsh: The welfare reform bill will be disastrous for sick and disabled people. But we are now determined that our voices will be heard
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PCS union leader set to use TUC gathering on Thursday to demand third wave of national walkouts
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Letters: Ed Miliband with a stark choice: retreat into the failed comfort zone of pro-business Blairism, or carve out a distinctive new approach to economic justice
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Letters: Randeep Ramesh paints a bleak picture of what the government's housing benefit caps mean for the country, but in London it's even worse
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Polly Toynbee: This government is the most incompetent in living memory, yet the opposition is too busy navel-gazing to expose the facts
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Prime minister says he will not alter course, as poll shows 59% of voters back slowdown in deficit-cutting programme
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Key resources
Arts funding cuts
Barking's Broadway theatre left reeling as council withdraws £331,000 subsidy
Negative reviews for decision by London borough of Barking and Dagenham to stop funding well-regarded arts venue
Why should we fund the arts?
Publicly funded arts institutions are under more pressure than ever to quantify the social benefits they bring, as would be done for schools and hospitals. But, David Edgar argues, isn't the crucial role of art to challenge the way society is run?
This week's arts diary
Education cuts and closures
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Letters: For years there has been a thriving culture of authors and poets visiting schools, enthusing children. Budget cuts mean many schools are, for the first time, not organising these visits
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Letter: Michael Gove's actions regarding the careers service threatens the continued existence of the careers guidance profession itself
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Research challenges Michael Gove's claim that savings will help the government in 'protecting the frontline'
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On Society
Last 24 hours
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Cut the working week to a maximum of 20 hours, urge top economists
- 2. Former NHS manager awarded £1m in racial discrimination case
- 3. Home truths about high blood pressure
- 4. Andrew Lansley backs plan for NHS staff to question patients on lifestyles
- 5. MPs call for two alcohol-free days each week and clearer guidelines on drinking
Last 24 hours
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Latest multimedia
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Public sector strike: a street-level view – video
Public sector workers took to the streets across the UK on Wednesday to protest against pension reforms
