Simone Rensch

Public Finance International reporter

Recent articles

CIH calls for right to buy to be suspended as discounts climb to ‘£1bn’

Right to buy is costing English councils £1bn - £300m net - a year and cutting the discounts... Read more
Drug companies ‘likely hurting emerging economies by tax dodging’

Four of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies could be avoiding paying about $3.8bn in... Read more
IMF head: No-deal Brexit would be ‘dire’ for UK economy

A no-deal Brexit will entail “dire consequences” for the UK economy, which would rapidly start to... Read more
Government criticised for not heeding advice of MPs over aid

Civil society organisations have expressed disappointment the UK government has not heeded the... Read more
Treasury slammed for ‘lacking grasp of real world’

The Treasury is increasingly cut off from local public service leaders and is staffed by young,... Read more
Financial crime team to target dirty money

A new centre will lead the fight against economic crime as the government seeks to counter the City... Read more
An arresting way of thinking

Rob Winter brought in a new approach to embed good governance and control for the South Yorkshire... Read more
DfID pledges to compensate NGOs for ‘no deal’ Brexit funding loss

The UK will compensate British NGOs for any loss of EU aid funding in the event of a ‘no deal’... Read more
Economic benefits to people living longer, says think-tank

Countries could economically benefit from people living longer and should invest more in health to... Read more
UK to help Ethiopia boost revenue collection

The UK has pledged to help Ethiopia transform its tax system and become less reliant on aid, the... Read more

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