The UK government will need to get record debt in relation to GDP onto a “downward path” once the economy has recovered from Covid-19, according to the OECD.
The UK local authority sector could see a future downgrade to its credit rating if a sustained recession leads to further spending cuts, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
The economic disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit could complicate the government’s “levelling up” agenda, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Finance ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the financial implications the UK Internal Market Bill will have on devolved governments.
The UK government should look to create its own state aid system after the Brexit transitional agreement ends, according to the Institute for Government.
The government’s Internal Market Bill could make a future free trade deal with the European Union harder, leaving UK GDP 2% worse off, according to ratings agency Fitch.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has voiced worries over a lack of detail from government on the Shared Prosperity Fund, expected to replace European Union structural funds from next year.
An additional £3bn could be lost from the coronavirus-hit Scottish economy over the next two years if an extension to the Brexit transition period is not agreed, the Scottish Government has warned.
Following the Cabinet Office’s decision to waive the rules on payment in advance, PF speaks to Peter Schofield, vice chair of the Local Government Association's national advisory group of public...
Government departments have reported £92m in 'fruitless payments' and 'constructive losses' relating to Brexit, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
Boris Johnson must use his large parliamentary majority to push through sustainable funding settlements for public services in need, writes CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
This election could lead to the break up of the union of the UK as well as the cutting of ties with the EU, writes director of the Institute for Government Bronwen Maddox.
After last night’s historic win, Boris Johnson’s government is now left to deliver on their mandate to get Brexit done and finish what they started. But that isn't all they need to do, writes Local...
Conservative Party plans for an ‘NHS visa’ will only go “some way” to solving the shortage of doctors and nurses the health service is likely to experience after Brexit, a charity has warned.
The local governance review has the potential to lead to the greatest centralisation of power in Scotland since devolution, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
A promised social care green paper, 100% business rates retention, further devolution - local government policy has been in the realm of fantasy for some time, says the LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
