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 [...]

For this week’s Hawk’s Eye, I read an article in the Economist about the pending Labour election results and the effects they will have on the party. Since the general election in May, campaigning has been fierce by the five candidates for Labour Party leader. Of all five (Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Ed Balls, Diane [...]