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30 Jul 19
Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised £3.6bn of support to 100 ‘left behind towns’ in England.
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9 Jul 19
Comptroller and auditor general Gareth Davies has praised local authorities for their management of finances and funding amid the period of austerity.
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2 Jul 19
MPs have called for a five-year funding deal for roads maintenance to tackle the “plague of potholes”.
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21 Jun 19
Austerity has undermined the progress of the government’s Northern Powerhouse project, a think-tank has claimed.
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20 Jun 19
Reversing cuts to school spending in England will require a one-off cash injection of up to £3.8bn and ongoing investment of around £1bn over the next three years, according to analysis.
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11 Jun 19
Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
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14 May 19
Councils are having to restructure services in the face of the most “intense cuts without parallel in modern times”, MPs have heard.
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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.
30 Jul 19Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised £3.6bn of support to 100 ‘left behind towns’ in England.
9 Jul 19Comptroller and auditor general Gareth Davies has praised local authorities for their management of finances and funding amid the period of austerity.
2 Jul 19MPs have called for a five-year funding deal for roads maintenance to tackle the “plague of potholes”.
21 Jun 19Austerity has undermined the progress of the government’s Northern Powerhouse project, a think-tank has claimed.
20 Jun 19Reversing cuts to school spending in England will require a one-off cash injection of up to £3.8bn and ongoing investment of around £1bn over the next three years, according to analysis.
11 Jun 19Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
14 May 19Councils are having to restructure services in the face of the most “intense cuts without parallel in modern times”, MPs have heard.
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.
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.
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