The UK will be forced to raise taxes if its public spending levels continue to match those of other developed nations, according to the latest international analysis.
Benefits should be increased on a guaranteed basis every year as part of an overhaul to improve the consistency, transparency and accountability of the social security system, the government has been...
Government plans to house asylum seekers in barges and former military sites will cost £46m more than continuing to use hotels, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
Lower-than-expected uptake of government heat pump incentives risks slowing one of the UK’s biggest opportunities to lower its carbon emissions, the National Audit Office has warned.
Projects paid for through levelling up funding pots have faced huge delays and the government does not plan to evaluate their long-term success, despite the fact it was supposed to be a flagship...
The government should avoid “prioritising politically driven tax cuts while decimating services” during Wednesday’s Budget, public sector unions have said.
Longer-term certainty over departmental funding will improve value for money and give government spending plans more credibility, the Institute for Government has said.
Delays and a poor initial estimate for developing a new medical research facility have seen costs soar and “undermined” future resilience to public health emergencies and value for money, the...
The government's fiscal credibility is at risk amid the possibility it announces pre-election tax cuts or spending later this year – on top of an upcoming Budget already based on ‘fiscal fiction’ – a...
The general election will end the most turbulent parliament in decades. Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier reflects on the lessons to be learned and what’s to come
Cutting taxes ahead of this year’s general election would only meet the government’s fiscal rule if some departments face a “fresh round of austerity”, which is unlikely given the state of public...
Lower-than-expected output at the end of 2023 meant the UK economy experienced a technical recession in the second half of last year, the Office for National Statistics has said.
Three public bodies held more than £3.4bn worth of contracts with Fujitsu following a 2019 High Court ruling, with more than a third approved after a judge found that the Post Office Horizon system...
The Bank of England selling public debt could leave the government open to up to £130bn of losses, MPs have said, arguing policymakers “took a leap in the dark”.