McG Comparative Government

This week Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith will be announcing a new program to implement cuts in welfare, a program which should be expecting about 7 billion pounds in cuts under the new spending review.  This program is being issued in an attempt to streamline welfare by creating a single universal payment to replace [...]

Much like the United States, Britain is facing severe economic issues and their government is looking to make significant spending cuts on several public goods and social expenditures such as the arts, military, transportation, and defense. Their goal is to save 130 billion dollars in the next five years. This is all part of David [...]