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11 Aug 20
Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
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21 Jul 20
John Tizard calls for a moratorium on Covid-related government procurement without Parliamentary approval until questions on process are resolved.
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17 Jul 20
Instead of a patchwork repair of the UK’s devastated public finances, government must set out clear objectives for the next 25 to 50 years
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17 Apr 20
Government proposals to provide additional support to the adult social care sector in England have been met with a lukewarm response.
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3 Apr 20
Amid a wave of government announcements around support packages for the NHS during its fight against the coronavirus outbreak, Public Finance rounds up some of the key financial measures being put in...
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30 Mar 20
Councils have warned that a number of services are being stopped or scaled back as they focus on dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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26 Mar 20
Legislation to compensate Scottish councils for the loss of business rates revenue in the light of the coronavirus pandemic has been approved by the Scottish Parliament.
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25 Mar 20
Council finance officers around the UK are joining the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. PF talks to CIPFA associate director Andy Burns about the challenges they are facing.
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24 Mar 20
Local authority pension providers have been urged to suspend or amend any policies that abate pensions for retired key workers who return to work to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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24 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak’s support package for workers could cost several billion pounds per month, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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20 Mar 20
Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
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18 Mar 20
The economic impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic is “much worse than feared”, and the world economy is probably already in a recession, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
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17 Mar 20
Central government is to increase the public health grant by £145m to £3.3bn in 2020-21, a real term increase of 2.6% compared with 2019-20.
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17 Mar 20
Scotland should prepare for “permanent scarring” of its economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
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13 Mar 20
City of Edinburgh Council has allocated £2m of a £7.43m award from the Scottish Government’s recent budget to tackle impacts from the coronavirus outbreak.
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4 Mar 20
The Royal College of Paediatric and Children’s Health has called for the reversal of £1bn of real term cuts to the public health grant for local authorities.
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26 Feb 20
Auditors warn of “serious financial concerns” at one of the bodies responsible for planning health and social care services across Scotland.
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3 Feb 20
The government has promised an extra £20m towards developing new vaccines for epidemics, including for three programmes aimed at immunising against the deadly coronavirus.
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24 Jan 20
Local authority leisure services are in desperate need of investment with nearly a quarter now almost 20 years old, council leaders have said.
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5 Nov 19
Public health cuts worth nearly £900m over the last five years in England have impacted communities that need the funding most, research has found.
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9 Oct 19
Local bodies must put more emphasis on keeping records of their spend on preventing ill health, CIPFA’s chief executive Rob Whiteman told a health conference today.
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6 Sep 19
Ministers should make extra public health funding available to councils based on demographic factors, a think-tank has suggested.
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13 Aug 19
A tax on “excessive calories” in food has been mooted by a campaign group, which said the move could mirror the widely-acknowledged success of the soft drinks industry levy introduced last year.
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25 Jul 19
Potentially avoidable ailments like chest infections, pressure sores and urinary tract infections accounted for 41% of hospital admissions in England in 2016-17.
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23 Jul 19
The government’s prevention green paper has been branded a “missed opportunity” by local government and health bodies.
11 Aug 20Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
21 Jul 20John Tizard calls for a moratorium on Covid-related government procurement without Parliamentary approval until questions on process are resolved.
17 Jul 20Instead of a patchwork repair of the UK’s devastated public finances, government must set out clear objectives for the next 25 to 50 years
17 Apr 20Government proposals to provide additional support to the adult social care sector in England have been met with a lukewarm response.
3 Apr 20Amid a wave of government announcements around support packages for the NHS during its fight against the coronavirus outbreak, Public Finance rounds up some of the key financial measures being put in...
30 Mar 20Councils have warned that a number of services are being stopped or scaled back as they focus on dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
26 Mar 20Legislation to compensate Scottish councils for the loss of business rates revenue in the light of the coronavirus pandemic has been approved by the Scottish Parliament.
25 Mar 20Council finance officers around the UK are joining the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. PF talks to CIPFA associate director Andy Burns about the challenges they are facing.
24 Mar 20Local authority pension providers have been urged to suspend or amend any policies that abate pensions for retired key workers who return to work to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Mar 20Rishi Sunak’s support package for workers could cost several billion pounds per month, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
20 Mar 20Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
18 Mar 20The economic impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic is “much worse than feared”, and the world economy is probably already in a recession, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
17 Mar 20Central government is to increase the public health grant by £145m to £3.3bn in 2020-21, a real term increase of 2.6% compared with 2019-20.
17 Mar 20Scotland should prepare for “permanent scarring” of its economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
13 Mar 20City of Edinburgh Council has allocated £2m of a £7.43m award from the Scottish Government’s recent budget to tackle impacts from the coronavirus outbreak.
4 Mar 20The Royal College of Paediatric and Children’s Health has called for the reversal of £1bn of real term cuts to the public health grant for local authorities.
26 Feb 20Auditors warn of “serious financial concerns” at one of the bodies responsible for planning health and social care services across Scotland.
3 Feb 20The government has promised an extra £20m towards developing new vaccines for epidemics, including for three programmes aimed at immunising against the deadly coronavirus.
24 Jan 20Local authority leisure services are in desperate need of investment with nearly a quarter now almost 20 years old, council leaders have said.
5 Nov 19Public health cuts worth nearly £900m over the last five years in England have impacted communities that need the funding most, research has found.
9 Oct 19Local bodies must put more emphasis on keeping records of their spend on preventing ill health, CIPFA’s chief executive Rob Whiteman told a health conference today.
6 Sep 19Ministers should make extra public health funding available to councils based on demographic factors, a think-tank has suggested.
13 Aug 19A tax on “excessive calories” in food has been mooted by a campaign group, which said the move could mirror the widely-acknowledged success of the soft drinks industry levy introduced last year.
25 Jul 19Potentially avoidable ailments like chest infections, pressure sores and urinary tract infections accounted for 41% of hospital admissions in England in 2016-17.
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