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‘Tax gap’ estimated at £32bn in 2020-21

The 2020-21 ‘tax gap’ – the estimated difference between the amount of tax expected and the amount... Read more
DfE evaluation of children’s care projects an ‘example for other public bodies to follow’

Government work evaluating innovative programmes in children’s social care has been praised as... Read more
Inflation pushes up UK interest payments

The UK government’s debt interest payments in May were among the highest it has ever made, largely... Read more
Teaching unions threaten strike action over pay

The UK’s largest teaching union has said it will be “strongly encouraging” its members to vote for... Read more
National living wage boost threatens council finances – LGA

The forecast increase to the national living wage could mean councils have to cut services if they... Read more
Burnham: End Whitehall ‘bidding culture’ to empower councils

Andy Burnham has criticised the “bidding culture” of local government funding, saying local leaders... Read more
London councils call for funding increase amid ‘eye-watering’ inflation

Inflation is set to put £400m of additional pressure on borough council budgets in London, the body... Read more
Increasing state pension age more than doubles poverty rates for 65-year-olds

Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 pushed nearly 100,000 65-year-olds into income poverty... Read more
County council cuts nearly £700,000 of social care grants

A council has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds of grants out of next year’s budget as part of... Read more
MPs claim DHSC preparing to burn £4bn of unusable PPE

A group of MPs has criticised the government’s procurement at the beginning of the Covid-19... Read more

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