The Autumn Statement heralds difficult times, but councils will show the same determination they always have, writes partnership working expert and local authority trading company chief executive...
Jeremy Hunt’s much-trailed “difficult decisions” have led to real-terms cuts to public investment and seemingly very little for local government and most other services as interest payments eat into...
The Autumn Statement will herald tough times for public services as they struggle with high inflation, increasing demand and constrained funding, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has said.
Any coming cuts to council budgets in the Autumn Statement will probably lead to false economies that cost more in the long term, just like they have in the past, writes Jim McManus, president of the...
Is the Treasury taking the right approach? Is the government ignoring good sources of revenue? How ready is the public sector for more cuts? We’re collecting our readers’ views.
Children’s care leaders are concerned next week’s Autumn Statement could bring further austerity, forcing them to cut preventative services in a “false economy” leading to higher costs and worse...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to make up to £60bn of spending cuts and tax increases to help shrink the government’s medium-term budget gap, despite the cost-of-living crisis, according to reports.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the government’s fiscal statement will be delayed by more than two weeks, following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister.