Don finds that the welfare cuts are worse for the low paid than the abolition of the 10p tax rate

Henry spots some rubbish reporting on the autoenrolment review.

Nigel has a post about the workplace pensions review on the Public Finance Blog

The New Statesman reports on two polls showing 58 per cent of voters saying that the spending review was unfair and 48 per cent thinking the cuts go too far. Both show opinion moving against the government since the summer.

DWP have published detailed data on the funding they provide for employment programmes (like the New Deal and the Travel to Interview scheme) across the UK. We don't yet know how these figures will change as a result of the Spending Review, but today's data will allow us to keep track of how spending on employment programmes changes in future years.

Cuts Check reports that 46 per cent of councils are considering contracting more of their services to the private sector

Gary Vaux highlights the increases in social care costs that are likely to result from the CSR's welfare cuts