Calum Rutter

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Budget 2021 round-up: chancellor adds £65bn to Covid-19 response

Rishi Sunak has once again announced billions of pounds of spending as the government attempts to... Read more
Budget 2021: Sunak reveals plans to 'level up' deprived areas

A new Treasury campus in Darlington, the location of eight ‘freeports’ and details of how local... Read more
Government consults on extending use of fraud data

The government has launched a consultation on extending the use of shared data collected by the... Read more
Obituary: Peter Smith

North East public finance professional Peter Smith has died aged 84, following a long career in... Read more
Jenrick announces cash to remove dangerous cladding on high-rises

A new £3.5bn fund to fix unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings has been announced by housing... Read more
Lost council tax to cost authorities £1.3bn

Councils expect to collect £1.3bn less council tax in 2020-21 than they forecast before Covid-19... Read more
Five-minute guide to the 2020 Spending Review

Catch up with the main spending announcements in today’s settlement, which chancellor Rishi Sunak... Read more
More than 50% of local authorities risk 'financial failure'

More than half of English councils could be at risk of financial failure by 2023 if the Spending... Read more
IMF urges government to keep up pandemic spending

“Essential” support for companies and workers in the UK must continue if the economy is to recover... Read more
Care provision needs improvement, not nationalisation, conference told

Social care provision should remain outsourced despite the problems in the sector, King’s Fund... Read more

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