Wealthy areas of London have better green space provision than the national average.
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The promised £39 million is not enough to ‘level up’ park provision in the UK.
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The prime minister’s party has long sought to reconcile political popularity with fiscal constraint.
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Interviewees describe ‘scrimping and saving’ to make ends meet.
How to raise taxes and be Conservative at the same time.
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Boris Johnson is raising national insurance for employees and employers to help pay for the NHS and social care.
Trying to be iron and quicksilver at the same time.
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With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance.
Zambia’s new president Hakainde Hichilema.
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Zambia’s new president will have to balance austerity and the high expectations of the many unemployed young people and struggling people who voted for him.
Cameron and Osborne: architects of austerity.
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The idea that funding cuts were inevitable and necessary is pervasive.
Over 90% of local authorities in England experienced more deaths than expected between 2010-11 and 2017-18.
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Hundreds of thousands more people died between 2010-11 and 2017-18 than anticipated. Austerity could have something to do with it
‘It’s big but it can only do so much.’
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US trading partners can expect an export boom, but that alone will only have muted benefits for them.
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Greek musicians have shown that developing new solidarities and campaigning initiatives with other performers could be the way forward in responding to issues caused by COVID.
Expenditure cuts require a political settlement that has failed to materialise under South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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South Africa’s National Treasury now proposes to reduce salaries. On the face of it this seems sensible. But the fundamental issue is the structure of the public service.
Victory: supporters of Jair Bolsonaro celebrate in October 2018.
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A new study shows how economic shocks caused by cuts to import tariff cuts in the 1990s is linked to the rise of populism in Brazil.
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Many leisure centres survived austerity by transferring their management to the local community – could this tactic work again in today’s crisis?
The gulf between the sexes.
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Gulf states have given women great education, but they are still very limited participants in the workplace.
More tragedy than drama: the fate of UK theatres hangs in the balance thanks to COVID-19.
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The theatre industry is facing an existential crisis and government action is urgently needed to ensure its survival.
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The city’s latest financial woes are a result of the coronavirus crisis.
Rishi Sunak, the UK chancellor, has already said he is “deeply troubled” by the OBR projections.
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Why most debt and deficit projections are still way too upbeat.
National Treasury and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni support budget cuts, labour market deregulation, and tax cuts.
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The South African government should be spending more, not less, to boost economic growth and create jobs.
This outbreak is going to show how decimated the UK’s welfare system is, and how it is the most vulnerable in society that will suffer the most.
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The UK is on the tipping point of a humanitarian emergency. To tackle this the government must now give more money to local authorities.
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Attempts by municipal councils to be inclusive towards their ethnic minorities are being hampered by austerity and rising nationalism.