The gap between public and private sector pay that opened up during the recession has been closed as a result of Chancellor George Osborne’s restrictions, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
The income tax personal allowance would go up £500 to £11,000 in 2016/17 if the Liberal Democrats form part of the next government, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has set out plans to increase the pay of apprenticeships by more than £1-an-hour in a bid to encourage more young people to take them up.
A former Treasury advisor has warned that the system of local taxation in England is ‘broke’, and has called for a radical transformation of the state through devolution in response to spending...
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has set out plans for deficit reduction based on a three fiscal rules involving both spending cuts and tax rises.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has committed the party to implement the One North plan to improve transport link across the North of England and boost growth.
Welfare spending cuts mean that three-quarters of councils will have to scrap or significantly reduce support schemes for vulnerable people from next April, the Local Government Association has...
The government has been urged to allow local areas to retain all of the value of assets seized from criminals to boost crime prevention initiatives and help tackle anti-social behaviour.
Councils will need to set out more details about their spending of parking charges and plans to tackle fraud under a revised transparency code being introduced by the Department for Communities and...
The new civil service chief executive has indicated that he wants to improve the examination of Spending Review decisions to ensure that government policies can be implemented in the most effective...
Government contracts worth £16.6bn to promote renewable electricity generation were poorly conceived and managed and did not secure best value, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to balance the public finances by 2018 and said a Conservative government would not increase taxes to tackle the £25bn funding gap that still needs to be...
Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans to freeze the value of most benefits for two years from April 2016 as part of an extra £25bn worth of cuts needed to balance public spending.
William Hague has said the Conservatives are ‘wholeheartedly committed’ to increasing the autonomy of Scotland and Wales, but indicated this must be matched with reforms to ensure that only English...
Sir Bob Kerslake, the outgoing head of civil service, has warned that the next government will face a more difficult task in cutting the deficit from 2015 as many easier savings have already been...
Stop-go funding deals for road repairs have made it difficult for local authorities to maintain roads cost-effectively and has put value for money at risk, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has set out a 10-year plan for Britain’s future that includes a £2.5bn boost for health and social care, a large expansion of housebuilding and halving the number of low-...
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said that proposals to increase the minimum wage to £8 an hour will form part of the next Labour government’s ‘driving purpose’ to tackle levels of low pay...
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the next Labour government would extend the coalition’s below-inflation annual increases in Child Benefit, meaning that the value of the payment would likely fall...
Northern cities are being promised major new infrastructure investment to help rebalance their economies. So will the chancellor make good on his warm words of support for the One North initiative...
The promise by pro-union parties to devolve new tax powers to Holyrood were mired in confusion and doubt over the weekend, prompting First Minister Alex Salmond to claim that Scottish voters were...
Prime Minister David Cameron today set Britain on a headlong programme of constitutional reform, after the people of Scotland voted by a 55-45% margin in yesterday’s referendum to reject the option...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has indicated he would back a new constitutional settlement between central and local government that would lead to greater fiscal decentralisation across England.