Spending review 2010

Editors' picks

You make the cuts

George Osborne's spending review has revealed what the coalition will cut to tackle the budget deficit. But should he cut as deep? And is he cutting the right things? Use this tool to conduct your own spending review

The spending review as it happened

Andrew Sparrow live coverage from Wednesday 20 October 2010 as George Osborne announced his long-awaited radical public spending cuts

UK public spending since 1948

Our graphic shows total public spending in post-war Britain as a percentage of GDP, and where the money has been spent

Labour backing as MPs give the go-ahead to child protection outsourcing plans

10 Sep 2014, 11:48 EDT: Labour criticises regulations to enable councils to contract out safeguarding services to charities - but waves them through anyway

Ed Balls: HS2 costs must 'come down markedly'

Patrick Wintour: Ed Balls intervenes on HS2 rail line by calling for cut in costs and rethink on line north of Birmingham
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Labour needs to be candid about the painful cuts it will have to make

Andrew Rawnsley: Behind the scenes, Labour's Treasury team has begun to identify how it would squeeze spending to balance the books if the party were to win power
It's time to stop ringfencing the NHS from budget cuts

Patrick Nolan: The coalition plan to rescue public finances has one hand tied behind its back – the NHS must change alongside other services
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Comment is free 89 days ago

Labour needs to be candid about the painful cuts it will have to make

15 Jun 2014: Andrew Rawnsley: Behind the scenes, Labour's Treasury team has begun to identify how it would squeeze spending to balance the books if the party were to win power
British Army 451 days ago

Army makes 4,480 soldiers redundant

18 Jun 2013: Third, and largest, round of cuts is made to size of army in attempt to reduce personnel numbers to 82,000 by 2018
Datablog 477 days ago

Deficit, national debt and government borrowing - how has it changed since 1946?

22 May 2013:
How bad is the deficit really? We bring you all the data going back to the 1940s
HMRC 478 days ago

MPs issue damning verdict on HMRC failures in fraud and error clampdown

21 May 2013: Tax officials set to miss spending review target by £5bn because of 'extremely poor' performance, says Commons committee
Comment is free 499 days ago

It's time to stop ringfencing the NHS from budget cuts

30 Apr 2013:
Patrick Nolan: The coalition plan to rescue public finances has one hand tied behind its back – the NHS must change alongside other services
Social care 731 days ago

Elderly care services showing worst decline in Labour-run poor boroughs

10 Sep 2012:
Biggest spending falls in deprived areas reflect coalition's town-hall budget cuts, says Labour

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Deficit, national debt and government borrowing - how has it changed since 1946?

How bad is the deficit really? We bring you all the data going back to the 1940s
The police staff cuts by force - what will it mean for your region?

Latest estimates show that 34,100 police staff will be lost by 2015, we show the effects by force
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