Reforms to the Private Finance Initiative are aimed at ending the current ‘trench warfare’ between the public and private sectors over running costs, the head of Infrastructure UK has said.
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
English councils have coped well with shrinking budgets so far but some are worried about whether they will be able to sustain their financial performance in the medium term, accountancy firm Grant...
England’s road network will be improved under Chancellor George Osborne’s plans for a ‘revolution’ in Britain’s infrastructure, but he has been criticised for cutting departmental spending to pay for...
The government has ditched plans for local pay in the civil service, NHS and Prison Service, but will consult on giving schools more power to set salaries in line with performance, Chancellor George...
Local authorities will face additional cuts of 2% in 2014/15, but have been spared the 1% reduction being imposed next year on most other areas of Whitehall spending, Chancellor George Osborne...
Business bosses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to boost capital spending in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement by unlocking private investment and reallocating government spending towards...
The English NHS could face a £54bn funding gap in 2021/22 if it fails to meet its efficiency targets and government spending remains constrained, the Nuffield Trust has warned.
Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced that the government will provide an extra £120m of funding for flood defences following the heavy rainfall across England and Wales in...
Chancellor George Osborne should use next week’s Autumn Statement to freeze spending on public sector pay, benefits and international aid and ignore calls to extend wealth taxes, the Centre for...
The Autumn Statement must include a £4.5bn investment in science, technology and regional growth if the UK is to avoid a decade of low growth and stagnating living standards, the Work Foundation has...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has added its voice to speculation that the chancellor will have to ditch his debt-reduction target in next week’s Autumn Statement.
The chancellor should use the upcoming Autumn Statement to end the council tax freeze for the most valuable properties and introduce two extra bands at the top of the scale, according to the liberal...
The UK can learn lessons from how Sweden tackled its financial crisis in the early 1990s as it tries to reduce both unemployment and its budget deficit, the Institute for Public Policy Research said...
Around £48bn of spending cuts or tax increases are needed to put the government’s deficit reduction plan back on track, a report by two think-tanks revealed today.
The move by the Treasury to claim the surplus cash from the Bank of England’s quantitative easing programme is likely to cut public sector net borrowing in the short term, the Office for Budget...
Ministers have been urged to let councils across England take on more economic development powers as part of the City Deals programme, after 20 areas were shortlisted yesterday for greater devolution.
Halfway through its term in office, the coalition is still looking for a route map to recovery. The chancellor’s Autumn Statement must offer some way out of here, argues Steve Freer
