The British Social Attitudes Survey provides insight into which departments are considered the least efficient, how different income groups feel about taxation and spending and which benefits are considered non-negotiable
Tom Clark: Next week's 'cuts' review will pave the way for reductions so deep they could strain the social contract – but we could put up taxes instead
George Osborne has targeted government spending cuts of £11.5bn by 2015/16. How much of this has been agreed to date, and which departments are set to lose out most?
Polling shows that voters in our three regions are starting to blame the coalition for the UK's economic woes, rather than its Labour predecessors. Ed Jacobs sees that weighing with northern MPs in the Budget vote tonight
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