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Comprehensive Spending Review Summary

Operating theatre photoWell,  I promised you all a summary of the comprehensive spending review. Unfortunately, it does not bring details of how it affects you £ and pence, but it does serve to show you the good and bad points:-

Health

It is always easier to start with the good news.  The Coalition Government continues to dedicate the NHS Service free at the point of use and available to everyone based on need rather than ability to pay.   Hoorah!

Wealth

Another plus is that they pledge to uprate the basic State Pension by a triple guarantee of earnings, prices or 2.5 per cent whichever is highest, from 2011, while bringing forward the

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Bad hair month: Hogarthian Ansas!

Hogarth painting: The toiletteBlack History month is with us (Northampton's best kept secret ), hence an excuse to "big up" Hogarth, as exquisite a practitioner of the satirical Arts as say Warhol? Hogarth took a Punch like style of editorial to his easel exposing the anomalies & pretentious hypocracies of 18th century (big) Society. Strangely enough even after 250 years his work has lost none of its poignancy, as we serially elect Governments intent on bringing a wastrel , venal electorate to heel (cuts). A second striking feature of Hogarth's work is that he specifically depicts London's BME population. ( The manservant &

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Comprehensive Spending review

Autumn brings the third sector and personal household budgets more challenges to contend with. show 20th October is the full announcement of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review. 

Child Benefits

We have learnt today that Child Benefit is the first benefit to be slashed, followed by introduction of a universal benefit system for those on means tested benefit such as Income Support, and the Minimum Income Guarantee.  Watch this space for more

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