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10 Dec 21
Local authorities in Scotland are set to have full autonomy over the council tax rates they can set next year, amid reductions in core funding, the Scottish government has announced.
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10 Nov 21
Nottingham City Council has proposed more than £12.2m of new savings, to help manage a widening budget deficit next year, including closing multiple children’s centres.
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9 Nov 21
Liverpool City Council will need to make at least £18.7m from savings and additional income to help close a forecast £34m gap in next year’s budget.
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28 Oct 21
The government has shied away from a fundamental reform of the business rate system in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review, with experts saying councils still lack long-term...
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26 Oct 21
PF trails the 2021 Budget and Spending Review with a round-up of what's been announced already - and what to watch out for.
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14 Oct 21
Hampshire County Council requires £80m of savings by the end of 2022-23 to balance its budget.
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11 Oct 21
A council faces a £920,000 hit to its reserves after a blunder saw pension payments wrongly removed from its 2020-21 accounts, according to an external auditor. ...
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15 Sep 21
Tight funding settlements will leave Welsh authorities with difficult decisions on which services to prioritise, as the nation recovers from Covid-19, according to its spending watchdog.
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2 Jul 21
CIPFA has praised Slough Borough Council’s finance director on the decision to publish a section 114, freezing all non-essential spending as the authority attempts to balance its budget.
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6 May 21
The recently announced budget watchdog created to assess Northern Ireland’s public finances will not have “legally binding teeth” to prevent scandals such as that surrounding the green energy scheme.
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3 Mar 21
Rishi Sunak has once again announced billions of pounds of spending as the government attempts to tackle the economic crisis caused by Covid-19, but has drawn criticism for failing to adequately...
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2 Feb 21
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will stand by the 2019 Conservative manifesto pledge and not raise income tax, VAT or national insurance in the upcoming budget, according to reports.
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27 Jan 21
North Yorkshire County Council is proposing a 3.5% council tax rise – below the allowed maximum – for next year, despite a forecast medium term funding gap of £18m.
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2 Oct 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been asked by Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee asked to explain the arrangements put in place to help devolved administrations mitigate issues arising from the...
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28 Sep 20
The upcoming review of the Treasury’s Green Book should limit private sector involvement in business cases to reduce complexity and increase transparency, according to think tank Centre for Cities.
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28 Sep 20
Long-term funding settlements are needed for local government, NHS and social care services CIPFA has warned.
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23 Sep 20
Is chancellor Rishi Sunak likely to opt for another one-year spending round, and how constrained are his fiscal policy choices?
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29 May 20
The Welsh government has urged central government to increase its borrowing limit to help fund the country’s coronavirus response.
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27 Mar 20
Government borrowing is forecast to be as high £177bn in 2020-21, but still lower than in 2009, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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18 Mar 20
The government’s implementation of the controversial IR-35 tax rules has been postponed until April 2021, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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18 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
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17 Mar 20
A reported delay to the Treasury's Spending Review is “unsurprising” according to the County Councils Network.
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16 Mar 20
Northamptonshire County Council has predicted a surplus of £119,000 on its 2019-20 budget.
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11 Mar 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced plans to remove business rates for small businesses this year, as part of a £12bn package to tackle the economic impact of coronavirus.
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10 Mar 20
This week’s Budget could adopt dramatically different tactics on current and investment spending, says Isabel Stockton.
10 Dec 21Local authorities in Scotland are set to have full autonomy over the council tax rates they can set next year, amid reductions in core funding, the Scottish government has announced.
10 Nov 21Nottingham City Council has proposed more than £12.2m of new savings, to help manage a widening budget deficit next year, including closing multiple children’s centres.
9 Nov 21Liverpool City Council will need to make at least £18.7m from savings and additional income to help close a forecast £34m gap in next year’s budget.
28 Oct 21The government has shied away from a fundamental reform of the business rate system in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review, with experts saying councils still lack long-term...
26 Oct 21PF trails the 2021 Budget and Spending Review with a round-up of what's been announced already - and what to watch out for.
14 Oct 21Hampshire County Council requires £80m of savings by the end of 2022-23 to balance its budget.
11 Oct 21A council faces a £920,000 hit to its reserves after a blunder saw pension payments wrongly removed from its 2020-21 accounts, according to an external auditor. ...
15 Sep 21Tight funding settlements will leave Welsh authorities with difficult decisions on which services to prioritise, as the nation recovers from Covid-19, according to its spending watchdog.
2 Jul 21CIPFA has praised Slough Borough Council’s finance director on the decision to publish a section 114, freezing all non-essential spending as the authority attempts to balance its budget.
6 May 21The recently announced budget watchdog created to assess Northern Ireland’s public finances will not have “legally binding teeth” to prevent scandals such as that surrounding the green energy scheme.
27 Jan 21North Yorkshire County Council is proposing a 3.5% council tax rise – below the allowed maximum – for next year, despite a forecast medium term funding gap of £18m.
2 Oct 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been asked by Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee asked to explain the arrangements put in place to help devolved administrations mitigate issues arising from the...
28 Sep 20The upcoming review of the Treasury’s Green Book should limit private sector involvement in business cases to reduce complexity and increase transparency, according to think tank Centre for Cities.
23 Sep 20Is chancellor Rishi Sunak likely to opt for another one-year spending round, and how constrained are his fiscal policy choices?
29 May 20The Welsh government has urged central government to increase its borrowing limit to help fund the country’s coronavirus response.
27 Mar 20Government borrowing is forecast to be as high £177bn in 2020-21, but still lower than in 2009, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
18 Mar 20The government’s implementation of the controversial IR-35 tax rules has been postponed until April 2021, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
16 Mar 20Northamptonshire County Council has predicted a surplus of £119,000 on its 2019-20 budget.
11 Mar 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced plans to remove business rates for small businesses this year, as part of a £12bn package to tackle the economic impact of coronavirus.
10 Mar 20This week’s Budget could adopt dramatically different tactics on current and investment spending, says Isabel Stockton.
