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22 Oct 20
London mayor Sadiq Khan and prime minister Boris Johnson are at loggerheads over the management of Transport for London as the network continues negotiations on a second bailout.
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5 Oct 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a £3.7bn funding package to help with the building and regeneration of 40 hospitals.
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9 Sep 20
Simon Clarke, the minister for regional growth and local government, has resigned from the government for personal reasons.
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19 Aug 20
NHS leader’s have called on prime minister Boris Johnson to honour his promise to fix the social care sector and put the service on a sustainable footing.
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20 Jul 20
Schools across England are set to receive an additional £4.8bn in pupil funding in 2021.
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3 Jul 20
Boris Johnson’s infrastructure promise offers a one-dimensional approach to helping public services recover from the shock of Covid-19, argues Chris Thomas.
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2 Jul 20
Tuesday’s government announcement of infrastructure improvements will lead to more than £3bn extra spending this year relative to the Budget, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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29 Jun 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised funding of £1bn for 50 major school building projects in England.
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6 Feb 20
The UK Statistics Authority has slapped down the prime minister over his claim universal credit has succeeded in getting 200,000 people into work.
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31 Jan 20
Asking ministers to find departmental savings worth 5% was not unexpected or unprecedented, but it may be difficult to achieve and is unlikely to free up enough money to meet the government’s other...
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13 Dec 19
The general election leaves local government with on-going questions over long-term funding challenges, especially of social care, PF has been told.
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25 Nov 19
The Conservatives have been criticised for a “shameful omission” of clear plans on social care in the party’s manifesto.
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21 Nov 19
Boris Johnson’s pledge to raise the National Insurance Contribution threshold would benefit wealthier households, think-tanks have claimed.
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18 Nov 19
Boris Johnson’s pledge to review and cut business rates “clearly” poses a risk to local government revenue, PF has been told.
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3 Oct 19
The government will have to find a way of replacing revenue lost from fuel tax as it works towards hitting emissions targets, economists have warned.
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2 Oct 19
Boris Johnson has promised no checks “at or near the border in Northern Ireland”, in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
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28 Aug 19
The one-year Spending Round will not deliver the funding answers needed for public services and suspending parliament will mean “important domestic agendas” are put on hold.
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28 Aug 19
Leaked proposals on education funding fall well short of the cash needed, a teachers’ union has said.
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12 Aug 19
Boris Johnson’s plans to put money into prisons and the Crown Prosecution Service have been branded a “monumental waste of money” by a think-tank.
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2 Aug 19
The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
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31 Jul 19
An October emergency budget would be an “extraordinarily bad idea”, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson has told PF.
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29 Jul 19
The new Local Government Association leader has told PF he is “optimistic” about the new cabinet’s understanding of local government.
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25 Jul 19
Record highs in prison assault and self harm levels in England and Wales have sparked calls for new prime minister Boris Johnson to invest in prison safety.
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23 Jul 19
Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
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27 Jun 19
Tory leadership contenders’ tax and spend pledges would cost the country billions, researchers have found.
22 Oct 20London mayor Sadiq Khan and prime minister Boris Johnson are at loggerheads over the management of Transport for London as the network continues negotiations on a second bailout.
5 Oct 20Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a £3.7bn funding package to help with the building and regeneration of 40 hospitals.
20 Jul 20Schools across England are set to receive an additional £4.8bn in pupil funding in 2021.
3 Jul 20Boris Johnson’s infrastructure promise offers a one-dimensional approach to helping public services recover from the shock of Covid-19, argues Chris Thomas.
2 Jul 20Tuesday’s government announcement of infrastructure improvements will lead to more than £3bn extra spending this year relative to the Budget, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
6 Feb 20The UK Statistics Authority has slapped down the prime minister over his claim universal credit has succeeded in getting 200,000 people into work.
31 Jan 20Asking ministers to find departmental savings worth 5% was not unexpected or unprecedented, but it may be difficult to achieve and is unlikely to free up enough money to meet the government’s other...
13 Dec 19The general election leaves local government with on-going questions over long-term funding challenges, especially of social care, PF has been told.
25 Nov 19The Conservatives have been criticised for a “shameful omission” of clear plans on social care in the party’s manifesto.
21 Nov 19Boris Johnson’s pledge to raise the National Insurance Contribution threshold would benefit wealthier households, think-tanks have claimed.
18 Nov 19Boris Johnson’s pledge to review and cut business rates “clearly” poses a risk to local government revenue, PF has been told.
3 Oct 19The government will have to find a way of replacing revenue lost from fuel tax as it works towards hitting emissions targets, economists have warned.
2 Oct 19Boris Johnson has promised no checks “at or near the border in Northern Ireland”, in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
28 Aug 19The one-year Spending Round will not deliver the funding answers needed for public services and suspending parliament will mean “important domestic agendas” are put on hold.
28 Aug 19Leaked proposals on education funding fall well short of the cash needed, a teachers’ union has said.
2 Aug 19The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
31 Jul 19An October emergency budget would be an “extraordinarily bad idea”, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson has told PF.
29 Jul 19The new Local Government Association leader has told PF he is “optimistic” about the new cabinet’s understanding of local government.
25 Jul 19Record highs in prison assault and self harm levels in England and Wales have sparked calls for new prime minister Boris Johnson to invest in prison safety.
23 Jul 19Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
27 Jun 19Tory leadership contenders’ tax and spend pledges would cost the country billions, researchers have found.
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