Calum Rutter

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Government begins paying back councils for council tax rebate costs

The government has announced initial payments to help cover local authorities’ costs incurred when... Read more
LGPS pool launches £1bn sustainable investment fund

A Local Government Pension Scheme pool hopes its new sustainable investment fund will help protect... Read more
PM considering right to buy scheme for housing association homes

Boris Johnson is “very excited” by the prospect of allowing people who live in housing association... Read more
Council to write off £2m in LGPS overpayments

A county council has decided to write off more than £2m in overpayments made to retired members of... Read more
Counter fraud squad launched to chase lost Covid support money

The Treasury will spend £25m on a 'fraud squad' aimed at recovering funds wrongly given out in... Read more
Long Covid to contribute to £8bn hit on UK economy

Poor health including from 'long Covid' will drag economic activity down in the UK by £8bn in this... Read more
MPs slam government inaction on ‘eye-watering’ pandemic loan scheme losses

The government’s apparent lack of long-term plan to recover overdue debt issued via its £47bn... Read more
Quangos ‘face 10-20% cuts’

Ministers are reportedly looking to cut between 10 and 20% from quangos’ budgets as part of a... Read more
Scotland could introduce online sales tax in plan to regenerate towns

The Scottish Government is looking at introducing a digital sales tax as part of a plan to boost... Read more
Levelling up ‘dead on arrival’ without cost-of-living help

The government will fail in its ambitions to ‘level up’ left-behind areas of the country if it does... Read more

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