The government need to think very hard about the consequences of such damaging cuts. (channel4.com)
But it is increasingly clear that these traditions are being abandoned by Clegg as he goes along with damaging cuts in public spending undermining economic growth, tax rises hitting the poorest hardest, and a clear threat to the universal welfare state. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
We will resist damaging cuts to public spending. (politics.co.uk)