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21 Oct 21
Borrowing by central government during the first half of 2021-22 was £43.4bn (28%) lower than official estimates made in March.
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21 Jul 21
A rise in inflation saw the government’s debt interest costs more than double to £8.7bn in June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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5 Jul 21
Thurrock Council plans to sell off 30 properties and lose a quarter of its workforce to help manage a £34m medium-term deficit.
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3 Mar 20
Low funding and dwindling reserves mean a local authority in Derbyshire risks considering an unbalanced budget by 2021-22, councillors have been warned.
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23 May 17
Public sector net borrowing fell by more than thought in April - by £23.4bn to £48.7bn in the financial year ending March 2017, according to Office for National Statistics figures.
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23 Nov 16
Brexit is likely to cost the UK economy 2.4 percentage points in growth over the next five years, according to Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts highlighted by chancellor Philip Hammond in...
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19 Aug 16
The UK public sector received more in taxes and other income than it spent to record a surplus of £1bn in July, according to official figures released today.
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4 Aug 16
A fiscal stimulus will be needed to help the UK respond to the economic shock of Brexit, the Institute for Public Policy research has claimed.
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1 Aug 16
A steady increase in pothole-related car damage is evidence of long term underinvestment in the UK’s roads, the RAC has said.
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27 Jun 16
Chancellor George Osborne this morning insisted robust contingency plans to maintain economic and fiscal stability were in place following Thursday’s vote to leave the European Union.
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22 Jun 16
Public sector borrowing has increased in the first two months of 2016-17, despite large reductions in grants from Whitehall to local authorities, according to figures from the Office for National...
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21 Apr 16
Chancellor George Osborne missed the public sector borrowing goal in 2015-16 by around £1.8bn, with the deficit totalling £74.0bn according to provisional figures published by the Office for National...
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19 Feb 16
Continued focus on deficit reduction risks neglecting the economy’s real vulnerabilities, upon which the health of public finances depends
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11 Dec 15
The International Monetary Fund has backed Chancellor George Osborne’s economic strategy this morning, but warned that the level of government borrowing remains one of the main risks to the UK’s...
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22 Oct 15
Borrowing in the first six months of 2015/16 was £7.5bn lower than the previous year, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
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31 Jul 15
The Treasury has announced a plan to cap redundancy payments across the public sector at £95,000 to end what Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands said were ‘golden goodbyes’ paid for by the...
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10 Jun 15
George Osborne will today set out plans to legally bind the government and future administrations into running a surplus when the economy is growing as part of a “new settlement” for the public...
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5 Jun 15
Whitehall departments have made nearly £2.5bn of staff savings since 2010, the National Audit Office has found, but the watchdog warned the cuts create a risk of talent and skill shortage in the...
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23 Mar 15
The CBI has called on all political parties to ensure that any coalition negotiations that take place after May’s general election do not lead to a diminished focus on deficit reduction.
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29 Oct 14
The next government should set a fiscal rule to ensure that total public spending does not exceed tax revenue once the existing deficit is closed, the CBI has said.
21 Oct 21Borrowing by central government during the first half of 2021-22 was £43.4bn (28%) lower than official estimates made in March.
21 Jul 21A rise in inflation saw the government’s debt interest costs more than double to £8.7bn in June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
5 Jul 21Thurrock Council plans to sell off 30 properties and lose a quarter of its workforce to help manage a £34m medium-term deficit.
3 Mar 20Low funding and dwindling reserves mean a local authority in Derbyshire risks considering an unbalanced budget by 2021-22, councillors have been warned.
23 May 17Public sector net borrowing fell by more than thought in April - by £23.4bn to £48.7bn in the financial year ending March 2017, according to Office for National Statistics figures.
23 Nov 16Brexit is likely to cost the UK economy 2.4 percentage points in growth over the next five years, according to Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts highlighted by chancellor Philip Hammond in...
4 Aug 16A fiscal stimulus will be needed to help the UK respond to the economic shock of Brexit, the Institute for Public Policy research has claimed.
1 Aug 16A steady increase in pothole-related car damage is evidence of long term underinvestment in the UK’s roads, the RAC has said.
27 Jun 16Chancellor George Osborne this morning insisted robust contingency plans to maintain economic and fiscal stability were in place following Thursday’s vote to leave the European Union.
22 Jun 16Public sector borrowing has increased in the first two months of 2016-17, despite large reductions in grants from Whitehall to local authorities, according to figures from the Office for National...
19 Feb 16Continued focus on deficit reduction risks neglecting the economy’s real vulnerabilities, upon which the health of public finances depends
11 Dec 15The International Monetary Fund has backed Chancellor George Osborne’s economic strategy this morning, but warned that the level of government borrowing remains one of the main risks to the UK’s...
31 Jul 15The Treasury has announced a plan to cap redundancy payments across the public sector at £95,000 to end what Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands said were ‘golden goodbyes’ paid for by the...
10 Jun 15George Osborne will today set out plans to legally bind the government and future administrations into running a surplus when the economy is growing as part of a “new settlement” for the public...
5 Jun 15Whitehall departments have made nearly £2.5bn of staff savings since 2010, the National Audit Office has found, but the watchdog warned the cuts create a risk of talent and skill shortage in the...
23 Mar 15The CBI has called on all political parties to ensure that any coalition negotiations that take place after May’s general election do not lead to a diminished focus on deficit reduction.
