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23 Apr 19
The UK must become “more European” in its approach to public spending to end austerity, a think-tank has urged.
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15 Mar 19
Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
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21 Feb 19
Austerity has “exacerbated” economic inequalities and household GDP has been hit by an average £3,600 this year, analysis has shown.
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28 Jan 19
Northern cities have been hit by the biggest budget cuts as a result of austerity, a think-tank has found.
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19 Nov 18
As the opportunity for efficiency savings dwindles, experts call on government to be explicit about the cost of public services. Dominic Brady reports.
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14 Nov 18
Austerity is not over for older and disabled people as a survey reveals the strain on council adult social care budgets, an umbrella group has claimed.
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31 Oct 18
The disconnect between the rhetoric of ‘ending austerity’ and current spending plans will make next year’s Spending Review harder than it needs to be, argues the IfG’s Graham Atkins.
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31 Oct 18
The chancellor managed to ease the squeeze on the public sector with his Budget on Monday but he dodged the tough decisions needed to come up with long-term solutions for funding services, says the...
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29 Oct 18
The chancellor told the Commons austerity is “coming to an end” today, announcing funding boosts for the Ministry of Defence to the tune of £1bn and adult social care of £650m.
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26 Oct 18
The end of austerity is unlikely to happen any time soon without tax increases - but what would be helpful is an overhaul of the current spending review framework, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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22 Oct 18
Devolution offers a solution to mitigate local government’s powers being stripped back to ‘core offers’ focused on social care but it needs funding to do so, says IPPR North’s Anna Round.
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16 Oct 18
Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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9 Oct 18
Fiscal devolution and a reconfiguration of political economy in localities will become the battleground of domestic policy in the post-Brexit general election, argues Jonathan Werran.
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4 Oct 18
Theresa May’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference yesterday showed more political will to bring a close to austerity rather than an actual end, writes Resolution Foundation director...
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3 Oct 18
The cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account will be scrapped and austerity brought to an end, Theresa May announced in her speech to the Conservative Party...
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19 Sep 18
The government should borrow tens of billions of pounds more a year to protect public services, a think-tank has suggested.
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14 Aug 18
The union Unite has condemned a cash-strapped council for proposing staff take two days compulsory unpaid leave.
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6 Nov 17
Mark Drakeford, Welsh cabinet secretary for finance and local government, talks exclusively to PF about taxes, budget setting and why austerity is a failed policy.
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10 Jul 17
Tax rises or looser fiscal plans would be needed before chancellor Philip Hammond could remove the public sector pay cap, unfreeze benefits and undo planned spending cuts, the Resolution...
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25 Jul 16
Chancellor Philip Hammond has indicated he may revise government spending plans later this year in light of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
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17 Nov 15
Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson talks to Public Finance about tax credits, troublesome peers and the chancellor’s tough choices
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24 Aug 15
Finance ministers from the UK’s three devolved administrations have issued a joint warning that UK government plans will cut spending “too fast and too far” and present a risk to...
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20 Apr 15
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today launched the Scottish National Party election manifesto, with a promise to force an end to UK-wide austerity.
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7 Nov 14
Charities’ critics want to curb their campaigning and make the sector pick up the pieces as the state withdraws from service provision. Not quite the Big Society vision it had in mind
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6 Feb 14
If local government restructuring in Wales results in a higher cost base it could prove disastrous. But is hard to see how the process will not end up costing a lot more than it saves
23 Apr 19The UK must become “more European” in its approach to public spending to end austerity, a think-tank has urged.
15 Mar 19Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
21 Feb 19Austerity has “exacerbated” economic inequalities and household GDP has been hit by an average £3,600 this year, analysis has shown.
28 Jan 19Northern cities have been hit by the biggest budget cuts as a result of austerity, a think-tank has found.
19 Nov 18As the opportunity for efficiency savings dwindles, experts call on government to be explicit about the cost of public services. Dominic Brady reports.
14 Nov 18Austerity is not over for older and disabled people as a survey reveals the strain on council adult social care budgets, an umbrella group has claimed.
31 Oct 18The disconnect between the rhetoric of ‘ending austerity’ and current spending plans will make next year’s Spending Review harder than it needs to be, argues the IfG’s Graham Atkins.
31 Oct 18The chancellor managed to ease the squeeze on the public sector with his Budget on Monday but he dodged the tough decisions needed to come up with long-term solutions for funding services, says the...
29 Oct 18The chancellor told the Commons austerity is “coming to an end” today, announcing funding boosts for the Ministry of Defence to the tune of £1bn and adult social care of £650m.
26 Oct 18The end of austerity is unlikely to happen any time soon without tax increases - but what would be helpful is an overhaul of the current spending review framework, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
16 Oct 18Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
9 Oct 18Fiscal devolution and a reconfiguration of political economy in localities will become the battleground of domestic policy in the post-Brexit general election, argues Jonathan Werran.
3 Oct 18The cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account will be scrapped and austerity brought to an end, Theresa May announced in her speech to the Conservative Party...
14 Aug 18The union Unite has condemned a cash-strapped council for proposing staff take two days compulsory unpaid leave.
6 Nov 17Mark Drakeford, Welsh cabinet secretary for finance and local government, talks exclusively to PF about taxes, budget setting and why austerity is a failed policy.
10 Jul 17Tax rises or looser fiscal plans would be needed before chancellor Philip Hammond could remove the public sector pay cap, unfreeze benefits and undo planned spending cuts, the Resolution...
25 Jul 16Chancellor Philip Hammond has indicated he may revise government spending plans later this year in light of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
17 Nov 15Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson talks to Public Finance about tax credits, troublesome peers and the chancellor’s tough choices
24 Aug 15Finance ministers from the UK’s three devolved administrations have issued a joint warning that UK government plans will cut spending “too fast and too far” and present a risk to...
20 Apr 15First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today launched the Scottish National Party election manifesto, with a promise to force an end to UK-wide austerity.
7 Nov 14Charities’ critics want to curb their campaigning and make the sector pick up the pieces as the state withdraws from service provision. Not quite the Big Society vision it had in mind
6 Feb 14If local government restructuring in Wales results in a higher cost base it could prove disastrous. But is hard to see how the process will not end up costing a lot more than it saves
