Spending cuts on a ‘colossal scale’ are being made in a bid to get the public finances into balance by 2018/19, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
Almost 90% of NHS finance managers believe that the additional £2bn for the health service next year is insufficient, according to a snap survey carried out by the Healthcare Financial Management...
Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement did not provide any explanation of how public services will be able to deliver cuts still to be made, CIPFA has said.
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement support for the principle of devolving corporation tax to Northern Ireland brought immediate demands from the Scottish National Party for similar powers in Scotland.
The government will create a sovereign wealth fund for the North of England so that shale gas revenues in the region can be used to invest in its own economic growth, George Osborne has announced.
The UK public finances are on track to be in surplus by 2018/19, despite upward revisions to borrowing forecasts for this year and next, Chancellor George Osborne said in today’s Autumn Statement.
NHS finance directors have warned that both commissioners and providers in the health service face a worsening financial position in 2014/15 compared to 12 months ago.
Central government is to be involved in the development and sale of homes on public land for the first time in a generation under plans announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as...
The government has published details of a £15bn road investment plan to fund more than 100 improvement schemes as part of a tripling of spending on highway upgrades to 2020.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that an extra £2bn will be made available to the NHS from next April in response to calls from the health service to boost funding.
Chancellor George Osborne will be forced to revise up borrowing for the current financial year by £9bn in this week’s Autumn Statement, as stronger growth has not led to revenue increases, the EY...
Plans to devolve a host of fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament, including full retention of income tax, make it more important than ever to replace the Barnett formula used to determine levels...
Councils should be able to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board to fund revenue spending on projects to integrate local services, an independent expert panel has recommended.
The Autumn Statement should provide the NHS with an additional £2bn in funding in order to head off a financial crisis, the King’s Fund has said today.
A Conservative government is unlikely to meet Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to deliver a surplus by 2018/19, the Social Market Foundation warned in its pre-Autumn Statement briefing.
George Osborne has embarked on a tour of the country to find out what areas could benefit from additional funding for road improvements in next month’s Autumn Statement.
Councils have urged Chancellor George Osborne to use the Autumn Statement to ensure that sufficient funding is provided to town halls for the implementation of the Care Act.