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18 May 22
MPs have criticised the government for allowing “billions and billions” of pounds to be lost to fraud and error in Covid-19 support schemes, and particularly for lacking information on loans and...
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10 May 22
An English council could sell off some of its offices for redevelopment after flexible working arrangements and years of staff cuts left them surplus to requirements.
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4 May 22
Central government inaction on giving councils in England the ability to hold remote meetings is preventing authorities from reducing the financial and environmental cost of transport,...
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29 Apr 22
Derbyshire County Council is set to spend more than £1m on hybrid working reforms aimed at delivering millions of pounds of savings.
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28 Apr 22
The Treasury will spend £25m on a 'fraud squad' aimed at recovering funds wrongly given out in Covid-19 support schemes, with hopes the team will be up and running by the summer.
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27 Apr 22
Poor health including from 'long Covid' will drag economic activity down in the UK by £8bn in this year alone, a think-tank has warned.
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27 Apr 22
The government’s apparent lack of long-term plan to recover overdue debt issued via its £47bn Covid-19 business loan scheme means fraudsters could “walk away with billions of taxpayers’ money”,...
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26 Apr 22
Councils received £700m more than they spent last year, down 90% on the 2021-22 surplus, while the overall public sector deficit fell by more than a half.
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21 Apr 22
The government failed to collect data to determine whether more than £400m spent on Covid-19 travel measures delivered value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
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20 Apr 22
Durham County Council is set to sell a new £50m office which it has not yet occupied, to help reduce costs as the authority moves to more flexible working.
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13 Apr 22
Covid-19 has exacerbated existing issues affecting the ability of the UK public sector to attract the best candidates to finance roles.
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6 Apr 22
The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
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26 Mar 22
MPs have criticised HMRC for lacking a clear plan to deal with the huge level of tax debt that has built up since the onset of Covid-19.
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25 Mar 22
NHS England could be forced to make up to half a billion pounds of cuts to planned investments in 2022-23, to help Covid-19 measures, according to its finance chief.
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17 Mar 22
Measuring the effectiveness of billions of pounds of Covid-19 support paid to Scottish firms is impossible due to the poor quality of data collected by the Scottish government, according to...
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7 Mar 22
Public health grant allocations to councils for 2022-23 raise questions about the government’s commitment to ensuring the nation is prepared for another health crisis, says Jim McManus.
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25 Feb 22
The government “simply has no idea” whether its £1.9bn Covid-19 youth employment scheme has been successful, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said.
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25 Feb 22
The billions spent on the Covid-19 vaccination programme in England represented value for money given the number of lives saved in once-in-a-lifetime conditions, the National Audit Office has said.
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23 Feb 22
The UK government could fund its ‘levelling up’ ambitions by raising taxes on high income earners without increasing the national deficit, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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22 Feb 22
The government’s announcement that it will remove bespoke Covid-19 funding could reduce councils' capacity to respond to new pandemic outbreaks, according to sector leaders.
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21 Feb 22
The government has agreed to extend Transport for London’s support package until the end of this week, as the network seeks an agreement on a long-term funding settlement.
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16 Feb 22
Leeds City Council has paid out more than £1m in Covid-19 business grant support to fraudsters, it has emerged.
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15 Feb 22
The government is facing questions over whether leaked emails suggest civil servants were told to alter data relating to personal protective equipment bought amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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10 Feb 22
A group of MPs has criticised what it called HMRC’s lack of ambition to recover billions of pounds lost to fraud amid Covid-19.
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7 Feb 22
Transport for London has received a two week extension to its funding agreement with the government as the network seeks longer-term support.
18 May 22MPs have criticised the government for allowing “billions and billions” of pounds to be lost to fraud and error in Covid-19 support schemes, and particularly for lacking information on loans and...
10 May 22An English council could sell off some of its offices for redevelopment after flexible working arrangements and years of staff cuts left them surplus to requirements.
4 May 22Central government inaction on giving councils in England the ability to hold remote meetings is preventing authorities from reducing the financial and environmental cost of transport,...
29 Apr 22Derbyshire County Council is set to spend more than £1m on hybrid working reforms aimed at delivering millions of pounds of savings.
28 Apr 22The Treasury will spend £25m on a 'fraud squad' aimed at recovering funds wrongly given out in Covid-19 support schemes, with hopes the team will be up and running by the summer.
27 Apr 22Poor health including from 'long Covid' will drag economic activity down in the UK by £8bn in this year alone, a think-tank has warned.
26 Apr 22Councils received £700m more than they spent last year, down 90% on the 2021-22 surplus, while the overall public sector deficit fell by more than a half.
21 Apr 22The government failed to collect data to determine whether more than £400m spent on Covid-19 travel measures delivered value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
20 Apr 22Durham County Council is set to sell a new £50m office which it has not yet occupied, to help reduce costs as the authority moves to more flexible working.
13 Apr 22Covid-19 has exacerbated existing issues affecting the ability of the UK public sector to attract the best candidates to finance roles.
6 Apr 22The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
26 Mar 22MPs have criticised HMRC for lacking a clear plan to deal with the huge level of tax debt that has built up since the onset of Covid-19.
25 Mar 22NHS England could be forced to make up to half a billion pounds of cuts to planned investments in 2022-23, to help Covid-19 measures, according to its finance chief.
17 Mar 22Measuring the effectiveness of billions of pounds of Covid-19 support paid to Scottish firms is impossible due to the poor quality of data collected by the Scottish government, according to...
7 Mar 22Public health grant allocations to councils for 2022-23 raise questions about the government’s commitment to ensuring the nation is prepared for another health crisis, says Jim McManus.
25 Feb 22The government “simply has no idea” whether its £1.9bn Covid-19 youth employment scheme has been successful, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said.
25 Feb 22The billions spent on the Covid-19 vaccination programme in England represented value for money given the number of lives saved in once-in-a-lifetime conditions, the National Audit Office has said.
22 Feb 22The government’s announcement that it will remove bespoke Covid-19 funding could reduce councils' capacity to respond to new pandemic outbreaks, according to sector leaders.
21 Feb 22The government has agreed to extend Transport for London’s support package until the end of this week, as the network seeks an agreement on a long-term funding settlement.
16 Feb 22Leeds City Council has paid out more than £1m in Covid-19 business grant support to fraudsters, it has emerged.
15 Feb 22The government is facing questions over whether leaked emails suggest civil servants were told to alter data relating to personal protective equipment bought amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
10 Feb 22A group of MPs has criticised what it called HMRC’s lack of ambition to recover billions of pounds lost to fraud amid Covid-19.
