Women and cuts – new report by Ken Livingstone Women in London will face a disproportionate share of public spending cuts, according to a new report, published today by Ken Livingston. The cuts in benefits and tax credits for families and children, the assault on Housing Benefit and the switch to uprating by the Consumer [...]

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Hague says human rights are key to our foreign policy – Telegraph Bouncing back from recent leaks suggesting that William Hague was downgrading human rights work at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, this article stresses his commitment to human rights, and affirms that issues will be raised with allies and opponents. But what it doesn't [...]

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ARC-Defeating the Deficit ARC is the Association of Revenue and Collection. It's part of the civil service union, the FDA. They have launched a campaign to press the obvious point that reducing numbers at HMRC will lead to a fall in tax income. Andrew Mitchell soothes charities’ fears over planned DFID cuts NGOs have expressed [...]

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Faisal Islam on Economics – Budget: time to admit poorest hit hardest? Faisal Islam documents the IFS's defence against Nick Clegg's criticisms of their evidence

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Institute for New Economic Thinking Lots of heavyweight progressive economists are involved in this wonkfest – hat tip Duncan

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Report shows cutting road safety cameras will kill more people …

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FT.com / Comment / Opinion – Upward mobility and falling budgets mix badly Paul Gregg on social mobility and spending cuts

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What is happening on global bank taxes? Robin Hood reports from the frontline Oxfam's Max Lawson gives a roundup of the prospects for some of the different bank tax ideas currently on the table. ICO defends privacy interest over benefit crackdown wiredgov reports on the Information Commissioner's concerns that the Government's benefits crackdown plans might [...]

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Letters: The benefits of chasing tax dodgers | Politics | The Guardian Interesting responses to the Prime Minister's views on benefit fraud from Tax Research and Community Links

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Early signs suggest Osborne’s gamble is not paying off Tony Dolphin on Left Foot Forward looks at the strategy of sacrificing public sector demand in the hope that the private sector ond exports will take the strain. It doesn't seem to be working.

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The Saving Challenge – from the Sherwood Treasury Robin Hood (he of the Tax) has had a clever wheeze. Wonder where he got the idea for this ‘consultation site’, looking for people’s thoughts on ways to bring in more money, rather than ways to cut more spending? Why not take a minute or two to [...]

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Here are some videos of yesterday’s Cuts Briefing event, “Did the Budget pass the fairness test?”. We’ve got the opening presentations by Tim Horton of the Fabian Society, showing how the brunt of the losses are borne across the UK’s income groups, Professor Ruth Lister on the impact on women and families, and Richard Capie [...]

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