It is almost a relief to take a break from the daily coverage of Posh 'n' Beks - that's Cameron and Brooks - to return to the subject of spending cuts.
As usual, it is bad news. Economist Duncan Weldon, writing on the False Economy blog, forecasts that the next financial year will be far more austere than this one.
With the UK economy continuing to underperform, rising unemployment will reduce the tax take while the welfare bill increases.
Chancellor George Osborne will be left with only two options: cut public spending again and raise tax.
So much for front-loading the cuts, I hear you say.
Is there any way out of this?
There should be, at least partly. The Treasury has discerned a £42bn hole in the UK's accounts that Osborne ought to address. This is the so-called tax gap, the difference between how much the Treasury expects to take and how much it does take. Admittedly, the figures are for 2008-9 but there is no suggestion that the gap has narrowed by much - and may even have widened.
Tax avoidance schemes (legal) and tax evasion (illegal) can both be identified as major causes. But, if the government has the gumption to launch a far-reaching crackdown, some of that £42bn could be recouped.
You never know, it might allow a little extra to be released into social care services without upsetting the chancellor's commitment to fiscal tightening.
Okay, we can dream.
