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29 Jan 21
The UK’s death toll from Covid-19 this week reached 100,000. The grim milestone is a legacy of underfunding for health and care services, says Anita Charlesworth, director of research and REAL Centre...
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25 Nov 20
The UK government has spent an additional £10bn on personal protective equipment this year, as a result of “inadequate stockpiling”, according to the National Audit Office.
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25 Sep 20
Local government is to receive £60m to help ensure new lockdown rules are followed, including through new Covid-19 marshals.
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24 Sep 20
English councils will need billions of extra funding both this year and in the long-term, due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, a think-tank has warned.
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8 Sep 20
Up to £3.5bn may have been paid out in incorrect or fraudulent claims under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the government has said.
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3 Sep 20
The government has announced £500m of funding for community-wide Covid-19 testing pilots, in a bid to explore the benefits of repeatedly testing people.
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24 Aug 20
The government has rejected more than 30,000 claims under its furlough scheme, it has confirmed, with many believed to be fraudulent.
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24 Aug 20
Emails purporting to be from public bodies make up half of the top 10 Covid-19-related scams, according to the body representing UK banking and finance bodies.
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24 Aug 20
Fraudsters have looked to exploit the current pandemic. Public sector bodies need to raise their game and learn from others, says Welsh auditor general Adrian Crompton.
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20 Aug 20
Michael Brodie, chair of CIPFA’s Health and Social Care Board has been appointed as interim chief executive of Public Health England, as the government launches the National Institute for Health...
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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.
29 Jan 21The UK’s death toll from Covid-19 this week reached 100,000. The grim milestone is a legacy of underfunding for health and care services, says Anita Charlesworth, director of research and REAL Centre...
25 Nov 20The UK government has spent an additional £10bn on personal protective equipment this year, as a result of “inadequate stockpiling”, according to the National Audit Office.
25 Sep 20Local government is to receive £60m to help ensure new lockdown rules are followed, including through new Covid-19 marshals.
24 Sep 20English councils will need billions of extra funding both this year and in the long-term, due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, a think-tank has warned.
8 Sep 20Up to £3.5bn may have been paid out in incorrect or fraudulent claims under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the government has said.
3 Sep 20The government has announced £500m of funding for community-wide Covid-19 testing pilots, in a bid to explore the benefits of repeatedly testing people.
24 Aug 20The government has rejected more than 30,000 claims under its furlough scheme, it has confirmed, with many believed to be fraudulent.
24 Aug 20Emails purporting to be from public bodies make up half of the top 10 Covid-19-related scams, according to the body representing UK banking and finance bodies.
24 Aug 20Fraudsters have looked to exploit the current pandemic. Public sector bodies need to raise their game and learn from others, says Welsh auditor general Adrian Crompton.
20 Aug 20Michael Brodie, chair of CIPFA’s Health and Social Care Board has been appointed as interim chief executive of Public Health England, as the government launches the National Institute for 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
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 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.
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.
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