… and a Happy New Year?
Forget drummers drumming – 2011 was twelve relentless months of ConDem cuts.
Forget drummers drumming – 2011 was twelve relentless months of ConDem cuts.
January
- Disability charities say cuts to disability living allowance will confine disabled people to care homes
- English for speakers of other languages (Esol) courses cut, disadvantaging refugees – especially women
February
- Authors and residents protest against library closures
- ‘Big Society’ founder speaks out against cuts in council grants for charities
March
- Special educational needs (SEN) teachers risk losing their jobs as part of Michael Gove’s rash reforms
- Radical cuts to support for the arts are announced – with some organisations losing their support completely
April
- The Royal College of Nursing condemns cuts to nursing staff as “catastrophic” for patient care
- A Tory minister says the government is making cuts “Thatcher could only have dreamt of”
May
- The government pulls funding for ‘priority’ scientific research
- Cuts to further and higher education threaten to turn the UK into “yesterday’s country”
June
- Judges say huge legal aid cuts will cause “chaos”
- Age UK warn of “devastating” cuts to elderly care
July
- 10% reduction in police officers could cause crime to increase
- One in five museums have suffered funding cuts of more than 25%
August
- More than 2000 charities have had funding cut – or withdrawn altogether
- 100 prominent scientists speak out against cuts to research essential for industry
September
- More than 1000 naval officers face redundancy in huge defence cuts
- Institute for Fiscal Studies says cuts will cause 10% drop in family living standards
October
- BBC announces 2000 jobs will be lost by 2017
- Education budget, which rose substantially under Labour, faces deepest cuts since 1950s
November
- Two disabled men win court case against government’s plans to restrict social care
- Women are bearing two thirds of cuts to welfare spending
December
- “Sudden and panicked” cuts to green subsidies threaten UK renewable energy sector
- 40 local radio stations face “crippling” cuts and job losses
It’s time this turkey of a government got stuffed.
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