大象传媒

Newspaper review: Papers continue to consider cuts

  • Published
Papers

Many of the papers consider the further implications of the cuts announced in the government's spending review.

The of pulling the rug from under his own "Big Society" by undermining the ability to help each other.

The

It says the 拢3.1bn could have kept the Royal Navy's doomed Harrier fleet in the air for another 20 years.

School budgets

For most papers, it is the cuts to education which draw most attention.

The twice.

The paper is referring cuts to school building programmes, and some schools in better-off areas seeing their funding cut to pay for the Liberal Democrats' pupil premium policy.

The of the 拢2.5bn scheme to help children from low-income families.

Leak claims

Wikileaks finds itself at the heart of its own controversy.

The organisation has made hundreds of thousands of secret documents about US actions in Afghanistan and Iraq available on the internet.

The who have accused founder Julian Assange of concentrating too much on these wars at the expense of other exposes.

Mr Assange told the paper these were poisonous and false rumours.

Same amount

The since its inception, there will be a huge boost for stay-at-home mums and married couples.

The paper says a simplified pension system will see everyone receive the same amount - about 拢140 a week.

It notes that the figure is far more than at present.

The that traps millions of pensioners in poverty.

Related internet links

The 大象传媒 is not responsible for the content of external sites.