Calum Rutter

Deputy editor

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Disciplinary and grievance cases leave district council facing huge costs

Thanet District Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve £733,000 for legal costs relating to... Read more
Watchdog: UK healthcare spending grew at record pace in 2020

Covid-19 led to UK healthcare spending reaching £269bn in 2020, a fifth higher than the previous... Read more
Auditors find ‘fundamental culture shift’ required at city council

A “prevalent, negative culture” at Nottingham City Council in which officers regularly fail to... Read more
Funding certainty ‘vital’ for Scottish local authorities to push the recovery

Scottish councils are at risk of becoming financially unsustainable without long-term funding... Read more
R&D tax credits have failed to increase innovation spending, report finds

The UK’s “de facto” flagship industrial policy “appears to have completely failed” to encourage... Read more
Kensington & Chelsea council costs for Grenfell exceed £400m

The Grenfell Tower fire has so far cost the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea £406m,... Read more
Scottish colleges face £54m funding gap

Scottish colleges recorded growing deficits in 2019-20 but the full effects of Covid-19 are yet to... Read more
NHS and local government ‘need financial sustainability to deal with future crises’

The health service and local government both need long-term financial sustainability if the... Read more
Wales to test universal basic income

Universal basic income will be trialled in Wales, the country's first minister has revealed.
Benefit fraud doubles thanks to Covid-19, reports DWP

The Covid-19 pandemic led to the highest-ever level of fraud and error in benefit payments,... Read more

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