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18 Jan 17
No deal on Brexit would not be better than a bad deal, but the “worst possible situation”, an expert in European Union law has told the House of Lords sub-committee on EU financial...
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17 Jan 17
Theresa May’s stance on Brexit has made it more likely that a second referendum on Scottish independence will take place, Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has implied.
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17 Jan 17
Prime minister Theresa May has announced the UK will not seek to remain in the European single market after it leaves the EU.
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12 Jan 17
Brexit and government plans to increase regulations faced by international students applying to UK universities could cost the country up to £2bn every year, the Higher Education Policy...
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11 Jan 17
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has suggested salaries paid by companies delivering public sector contracts could be capped as part of plans to reduce pay inequality.
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9 Jan 17
The vast majority of academics believe Brexit will be bad for higher education in the UK and many will consider leaving the country, according to a poll, sparking fears of a national ‘brain-...
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4 Jan 17
The union for senior public servants has weighed into the row over Sir Ivan Rogers' sudden resignation, highlighting the “deafening silence” from ministers who should be defending the...
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19 Dec 16
In 2016, Brexit and the NHS must have individually generated more column inches than anything else. But are enough people actually talking about Brexit and the NHS?
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14 Dec 16
Number 10’s continuing secrecy over its Brexit negotiating position is causing confusion within the civil service and hampering preparations for negotiations with Europe, the Institute for...
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12 Dec 16
The economies of post-industrial towns must be made more resilient if the North is to prosper after the UK leaves the European Union, delegates at IPPR North’s State of the North conference...
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6 Dec 16
More than £1bn from the latest round of European Union structural funding for Wales has now been invested in schemes across the country, Welsh finance secretary Mark Drakeford has confirmed.
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5 Dec 16
With rifts in cabinet and country over Brexit, and rumours about the chancellor being sidelined, questions are being asked over the size of the Treasury’s influence
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23 Nov 16
Chancellor Philip Hammond today set out three new fiscal rules as he confirmed the government had abandoned its plan to reach a spending surplus by 2020.
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21 Nov 16
NHS finances seem set for a reckoning, but it may come in the 2017 Autumn Statement rather than this week’s announcement by Philip Hammond
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16 Nov 16
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has called on chancellor Philip Hammond to give public bodies greater flexibility to respond to Brexit and other areas of financial uncertainty.
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16 Nov 16
Local government leaders from across the UK have today united in a call for further devolution across the country following Brexit, including greater fiscal autonomy for councils.
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15 Nov 16
Ahead of addressing the CIPFA Wales conference later this month, Welsh Government cabinet secretary for finance Mark Drakeford sets out the challenges for public services posed by Brexit and...
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14 Nov 16
The government has been urged to set out a plan for more independent local government following the Brexit vote, with clear powers and a vision for the role of councils in driving prosperity.
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11 Nov 16
The financial sustainability of higher education is uncertain, according to the government’s university funding body.
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2 Nov 16
The UK economy will slow down in 2017, with the triggering of the Article 50 process to leave the European Union among the risks to growth, an analysis from the National Institute of Economic and...
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27 Oct 16
Economic growth fell in the first three months following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics – but the preliminary...
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27 Oct 16
While being mindful of uncertainty caused by the EU vote, local authorities are tough, so will be determined to gain repatriated powers and budgets
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24 Oct 16
The fall in the value of the pound has created a hole in the EU’s budget for next year, according to the chief negotiator from the European Parliament.
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24 Oct 16
Prime minister Theresa May risks provoking a constitutional crisis if she fails to reach agreement with the three devolved administrations on the course of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the...
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20 Oct 16
The Brexit vote suggested a collapse in public trust in political institutions. While the government negotiates the terms of our EU departure, it also needs to focus on fixing skills, housing and...