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29 Nov 10
The UK economy is expected to grow more strongly this year than previously anticipated, while fewer jobs will be lost in the public sector, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility
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8 Sep 10
The government's estimate of the structural budget deficit is of 'spurious precision', the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said
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25 Aug 10
The government has forcefully rejected the Institute for Fiscal Studies'’ claim that the June Budget will hit the poor the hardest
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24 Aug 10
A leading think-tank has disproved government claims that the June Budget was 'progressive', saying the measures introduced will hit the poorest hardest
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12 Aug 10
Economic forecasts this week say that the fiscal tightening set out in the coalition government’s June Budget has increased the risk of a double-dip recession
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23 Jul 10
Housing groups are warning today that benefit reforms brought in under last month's Budget threaten to make three quarters of a million people homeless
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21 Jul 10
The Ministry of Defence has been criticised by auditors for not putting enough emphasis on its financial management.
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20 Jul 10
Budget could put UK back into recession, say MPs
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20 Jul 10
MPs have been given powers to sack the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, the chancellor has said.
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13 Jul 10
Welsh Assembly Members have today voted to nominate Huw Vaughan Thomas as the next auditor general for Wales.
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13 Jul 10
The outgoing chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has denied he was forced to rush out revised employment figures following political interference
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9 Jul 10
The Office for Budget Responsibility made last-minute revisions to its public sector employment forecasts just before the Budget, leading commentators to question its independence
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6 Jul 10
Sir Alan Budd is to step down as chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility at the end of July, after just one three-month term in the job, it was announced today
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6 Jul 10
Ring-fencing the NHS budget has given the government 'a licence' for fundamental reform, according to the new Conservative chair of the Commons health select committee
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6 Jul 10
The gap between the minimum cost of living and the income of the lowest earning families is increasing, a think-tank has today revealed
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5 Jul 10
Warnings of 40% reductions in departmental expenditure are a precursor to a radical restructuring of the state's role, public commentators have said
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2 Jul 10
The government's commitment to major transport projects could come under threat in October's Spending Review, a leading academic has warned
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1 Jul 10
The Budget revealed for the first time the scale of the austerity ahead - and it amounts to the longest and deepest period of public spending cuts since the Second World War. Rowena Crawford and...
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1 Jul 10
Ahead of the Spending Review, government departments face the tough task of making deep savings while protecting frontline services. Steve Freer offers ministers some timely advice
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1 Jul 10
Radical plans to reform the welfare system are already being undermined by the Treasury and other government departments, casting doubts on their viability, Public Finance has learnt
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25 Jun 10
Almost 1 million low-paid local government workers could miss out on promised pay increases over the next two years, Public Finance understands
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24 Jun 10
Unions have said that the two-year public sector pay freeze and review of senior salaries amount to a 'war' on public servants
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24 Jun 10
Think we've got problems? This weekend's G20 summit in Toronto will put Britain's austerity Budget in context. Dan Corry reports on the global economic tensions that threaten to undermine the recovery
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24 Jun 10
Unprotected Whitehall departments could have to implement spending cuts of up to a third over the next five years in the wake of this week's Budget
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23 Jun 10
The chancellor has pledged to freeze council tax next year - but there is uncertainty about how he can do this
29 Nov 10The UK economy is expected to grow more strongly this year than previously anticipated, while fewer jobs will be lost in the public sector, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility
8 Sep 10The government's estimate of the structural budget deficit is of 'spurious precision', the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said
25 Aug 10The government has forcefully rejected the Institute for Fiscal Studies'’ claim that the June Budget will hit the poor the hardest
1 Jul 10Ahead of the Spending Review, government departments face the tough task of making deep savings while protecting frontline services. Steve Freer offers ministers some timely advice
