Some deprived areas missed out Levelling Up Fund prioritisation because they have better transport links – not for political reasons – according to chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
Demands to increase spending after a decade of austerity could limit the UK government’s ability to improve public finances, ratings agency Moody’s has warned.
The National Audit Office plans to have its timetable for completing departmental audits back on track for the 2021-22 accounts, following delays caused by Covid-19.
The UK Treasury has updated the Green Book – its methodology for assessing funding bids – to help users put it into action more effectively to achieve ‘levelling up’. What do authorities need to know?
An independent body should conduct the review into the Greensill lobbying scandal, rather than departmental advisors, according to CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
The government and senior officials need to address the causes of problems in their organisations to help improve service delivery and value for money, according to the national spending watchdog.
Councils will get just £300m extra to help low-income households make their homes more efficient after the government abandoned a £1.5bn grants scheme with a similar aim after just six months.
A future Labour government would reverse the current government’s profligate use of public cash, says shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson – but specifics on tax and spending...
Prime minister Boris Johnson said it is “highly likely” that the long-awaited reform of the adult social care system will be laid out during the Queen’s Speech in May.
Public service pension schemes will continue to handle separate payments for historic provisions, after the government deemed a potential replacement as too resource intensive.
A government consultation on business rates has found widespread opposition to its replacement by a capital values tax – but the idea of an online service tax got a warmer welcome.
The government has confirmed hundreds of millions of extra pounds in emergency Covid-19 support for Transport for London and tram services suffering due to reduced passenger numbers.
Recent controversies over Covid-19 contract awards are only the tip of an iceberg – 2002 rule changes raise troubling questions over UK MPs’ relationship with private companies, according to academic...
The government needs to improve its support to local authorities to ensure that private finance initiative infrastructure returns to the public sector in a useable condition.
The government’s newly published methodology to allocate money from its Levelling Up Fund favours wealthier rural councils over poorer urban areas, according to critics.
A strategic transport network for the whole UK is likely to garner more support if funding is not taken from existing devolved budgets, according to interim findings by a government-commissioned...
The government’s 2021 Budget spending plans are at risk because they assume no Covid-19-related support after next year, according to the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Some deprived areas risk missing out on ‘levelling up’ money because of eligibility criteria, raising questions over the methodology, which put ministers’ seats in priority positions for funding.
A new inquiry launched by Parliament's Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee will investigate how Covid-19 has impacted the adult social care sector.
The government has confirmed it will triple the cap for Covid-19 business grants administered by local authorities as it moves away from European Union state aid rules.