Luke Sibieta, Programme Director at the IFS and author of the report, commented: «School spending in England has been one of the most protected areas of public
spending under the coalition government.
Not exact matches
For example, the fiscal squeeze that began with the «Geddes Axe»
under the UK's last Liberal - Conservative
coalition in 1921 - 2 (and implemented in the following three years
under three different
governments) was also based on
spending cuts alone, and went far deeper even than the plans announced by George Osborne.
This time last week he was chief secretary to the Treasury, responsible for implementing the
spending cuts which the Lib - Con
coalition government says are needed to get Britain's structural deficit
under control.
«We formed the Senate majority
coalition because we believe that it is the best way to continue to build on the progress we've made over the last two years in ending
government dysfunction, bringing
spending under control, enacting a property tax cap and helping businesses create new jobs.