Planned changes to the tax and benefit system will hit the incomes of families with children hardest and increase child poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
A senior local authority figure has warned ministers that plans for pension funds to invest in national infrastructure developments will not be approved ‘just to dig the government out of a hole’.
The Scottish Government has asked Chancellor George Osborne what effect the capital spending boost announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement will have on revenue budgets.
Public sector pay rises will be capped at 1% after the current pay freeze ends as the government does ‘whatever it takes’ to protect Britain from the European debt crisis, Chancellor George Osborne...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has branded the government’s economic strategy a ‘failure’ and called on Chancellor George Osborne to use next week’s Autumn Statement to ‘change course’ to deliver growth...
The government should use independent Office for Budget Responsibility advice to match planned spending cuts to the strength of the economy, a leading think-tank has said.
The UK's four children's commissioners have urged the government to reassess its spending plans, saying the cuts risk pushing more families into poverty.
Chancellor George Osborne should take measures to kick-start growth while maintaining the government's deficit reduction plan when he makes his Autumn Statement later this month, according to the CBI.
