An independent Scotland should stick with sterling although this would mean agreeing some fiscal and spending policies with the rest of the UK, a commission set up by First Minister Alex Salmond...
The impact of cuts on Revenue & Customs’ ability to collect tax and support the government’s Universal Credit programme are uncertain, auditors warned today.
Public sector job losses are set to be 300,000 higher by the end of 2017/18 than currently predicted, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ annual analysis of the government’s spending plans.
Giving local authorities a greater role in skills and training programmes could cut youth unemployment by around 20% in just three years, the Local Government Association has found.
The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012, threatening to push the country into a triple-dip recession, the Office for National Statistics revealed today
The unemployment rate in the UK fell to 7.7% over the three months to November 2012 according to Office for National Statistics figures published today.
MPs have accused the government of repeating the mistakes of the Private Finance Initiative when awarding contracts for connecting offshore wind farms to the National Grid.
Prime Minister David Cameron today backed proposals to introduce a cap on adult social care costs as part of the coalition government’s mid-term review.
Accountants from across the public and private sectors have called on the government to adopt a long-term industrial strategy and said ministers should stop ‘talking down’ the economy.
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
England’s road network will be improved under Chancellor George Osborne’s plans for a ‘revolution’ in Britain’s infrastructure, but he has been criticised for cutting departmental spending to pay for...
Local authorities will face additional cuts of 2% in 2014/15, but have been spared the 1% reduction being imposed next year on most other areas of Whitehall spending, Chancellor George Osborne...
Business bosses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to boost capital spending in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement by unlocking private investment and reallocating government spending towards...
Revenue & Customs is not doing enough to tackle tax avoidance by multinational companies and needs to be more ‘aggressive and assertive’, MPs said today.
Chancellor George Osborne should use next week’s Autumn Statement to freeze spending on public sector pay, benefits and international aid and ignore calls to extend wealth taxes, the Centre for...