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31 May 22
David Green takes a look at how organisations from ratings agencies to the government view counterparty and credit risk in UK councils.
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6 Apr 22
Councils in England have been banned from using capital receipts to fund discretionary redundancy payments, the government announced, as it extended spending flexibilities for service reforms....
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2 Mar 21
It is not too late for the chancellor to show the government is serious about its aim of ‘levelling up’, says IPPR North’s Marcus Johns.
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21 Oct 20
The Treasury has confirmed the Comprehensive Spending Review will only set departmental budgets for next year, due to the economic disruption caused by Covid-19.
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23 Sep 20
A London council is likely to have to issue a section 114 notice if a bid to use capital funds for revenue services is refused by central government, its section 151 officer has indicated.
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13 Dec 19
The government has announced major capital spending plans for the NHS in recent months, but will they offer a sufficient health boost? Alison Moore reports.
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9 Dec 19
Nowhere is under-investment in health more visible than in the state of NHS buildings and equipment, writes NHS Providers’ David Williams.
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25 Oct 19
The government’s NHS capital funding plans will not be enough to bring spending in line with other OECD countries, a health charity has found.
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18 Oct 19
The cost of running the NHS estate increased by 8% in the last financial year, NHS Digital statistics have shown.
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1 Oct 19
Health experts have warned the £2.8bn the government plans to spend on hospital upgrades “falls well short” of what is needed.
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5 Aug 19
Much of the £1.8bn for NHS infrastructure announced by Boris Johnson is money providers already have, health experts have said.