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15 Dec 14
The coalition has reduced the period over which the government must forecast a balanced budget from five years to three, meaning an extra £30bn of spending cuts or tax rises will be needed to close...
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12 Dec 14
The government’s new pensioner bonds will pay interest at 2.8% for a one-year bond and 4% for a three-year bond, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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12 Dec 14
The Sheffield city region has agreed a devolution deal with Whitehall that will give the combined authority more power over economic development, transport, skills and housing, Deputy Prime Minister...
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11 Dec 14
Auditor general Amyas Morse has given a clear audit opinion to the financial statement of the Courts and Tribunals Service for the first time due to significant improvements in its reporting on fines...
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11 Dec 14
The next Labour government would save more than £500m from council funding by expanding shared service schemes across local authorities, senior figures have announced.
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11 Dec 14
Ed Miliband has warned that a Labour government elected next May would need to cut government spending every year until the current budget deficit in the public finances is closed.
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5 Dec 14
Greater clarity over the accountability and expectations of public bodies is vital amid government reforms to the delivery of public services, the head of a government-backed improvement initiative...
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4 Dec 14
Spending cuts on a ‘colossal scale’ are being made in a bid to get the public finances into balance by 2018/19, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
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4 Dec 14
Almost 90% of NHS finance managers believe that the additional £2bn for the health service next year is insufficient, according to a snap survey carried out by the Healthcare Financial Management...
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3 Dec 14
The government will create a sovereign wealth fund for the North of England so that shale gas revenues in the region can be used to invest in its own economic growth, George Osborne has announced.
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3 Dec 14
The government has pledged that reforms to the system of business rates initiated by George Osborne in the Autumn Statement will not impact on the finances of local authorities.
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3 Dec 14
The UK public finances are on track to be in surplus by 2018/19, despite upward revisions to borrowing forecasts for this year and next, Chancellor George Osborne said in today’s Autumn Statement.
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2 Dec 14
Central government is to be involved in the development and sale of homes on public land for the first time in a generation under plans announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as...
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1 Dec 14
The government has published details of a £15bn road investment plan to fund more than 100 improvement schemes as part of a tripling of spending on highway upgrades to 2020.
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1 Dec 14
Chancellor George Osborne will be forced to revise up borrowing for the current financial year by £9bn in this week’s Autumn Statement, as stronger growth has not led to revenue increases, the EY...
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27 Nov 14
Local government minister Kris Hopkins has today awarded grants to 73 public service integration schemes that are expected to lead to more than £900m in efficiencies across the public sector.
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27 Nov 14
Plans to devolve a host of fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament, including full retention of income tax, make it more important than ever to replace the Barnett formula used to determine levels...
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26 Nov 14
Auditors say the Department for Education is not able to hold local authorities to account for their spending on children in care because central government does not have indicators to measure the...
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26 Nov 14
Councils should be able to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board to fund revenue spending on projects to integrate local services, an independent expert panel has recommended.
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25 Nov 14
The government’s flagship Universal Credit welfare reform has begun to accept claims from families as part of the phased rollout of the controversial scheme to create a single benefit from six...
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25 Nov 14
A Conservative government is unlikely to meet Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to deliver a surplus by 2018/19, the Social Market Foundation warned in its pre-Autumn Statement briefing.
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25 Nov 14
Monitor has urged NHS foundation trusts to improve control of their contract and agency staffing costs after finding that they had spent double what they planned between April and September.
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24 Nov 14
The next Labour government would look to raise as much as £100m by selling off state-owned property in London, including restaurants and the QE2 Conference Centre, the party has announced.
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21 Nov 14
Public sector borrowing between April to October this year rose £3.7bn compared to the same period the previous year, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.
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21 Nov 14
A failure to monitor the use of tax reliefs risks abuse going undetected, according to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee.
15 Dec 14The coalition has reduced the period over which the government must forecast a balanced budget from five years to three, meaning an extra £30bn of spending cuts or tax rises will be needed to close...
12 Dec 14The government’s new pensioner bonds will pay interest at 2.8% for a one-year bond and 4% for a three-year bond, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
12 Dec 14The Sheffield city region has agreed a devolution deal with Whitehall that will give the combined authority more power over economic development, transport, skills and housing, Deputy Prime Minister...
11 Dec 14The next Labour government would save more than £500m from council funding by expanding shared service schemes across local authorities, senior figures have announced.
4 Dec 14Almost 90% of NHS finance managers believe that the additional £2bn for the health service next year is insufficient, according to a snap survey carried out by the Healthcare Financial Management...
3 Dec 14The UK public finances are on track to be in surplus by 2018/19, despite upward revisions to borrowing forecasts for this year and next, Chancellor George Osborne said in today’s Autumn Statement.
2 Dec 14Central government is to be involved in the development and sale of homes on public land for the first time in a generation under plans announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as...
27 Nov 14Local government minister Kris Hopkins has today awarded grants to 73 public service integration schemes that are expected to lead to more than £900m in efficiencies across the public sector.
24 Nov 14The next Labour government would look to raise as much as £100m by selling off state-owned property in London, including restaurants and the QE2 Conference Centre, the party has announced.
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