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22 Jan 21
Central government bodies’ day-to-day spending rose to £86bn last month, the highest monthly total since May, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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8 Jan 21
November's Spending Review might not have marked a return to full-blooded austerity, but unprotected service areas are facing a financial squeeze after next year, writes IFS economist Ben ...
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23 Nov 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed that the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review will not see a return to austerity.
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9 Mar 20
The chancellor has announced plans to review the Treasury Green Book, as he prepares to give his first budget on Wednesday.
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14 Nov 19
The public sector needs to work together to improve the future performance and sustainability of its services, leaders told the official launch of major analysis on government spend.
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28 Oct 19
Transport ministers will urge the Treasury to provide councils with longer-term funding in the next Spending Review to deal with the huge number of potholes on local roads.
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23 Jul 19
Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
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3 Jul 19
The majority of local government finance officers have lost confidence in their future financial positions over the last year, a CIPFA survey has revealed.
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27 Jun 19
Tory leadership contenders’ tax and spend pledges would cost the country billions, researchers have found.
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29 May 19
Public sector deficits were highest in devolved regions in the financial year ending in 2018, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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23 Apr 19
The UK must become “more European” in its approach to public spending to end austerity, a think-tank has urged.
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3 Apr 19
Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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27 Mar 19
Labour is right to identify outsourcing failures but its new policy risks creating more problems than it addresses, argues Institute for Government’s Tom Sasse.
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16 Oct 18
Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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9 Oct 18
Nearly two-thirds of people in the UK would like to see public spending increased even if that means higher taxes, a survey has revealed.
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18 Sep 18
Public services are “crying out for money” the Liberal Democrat leader has told the party’s annual conference.
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2 Jul 18
Could lessons from chemistry help public service spending be more efficient? asks academic Anant Jani.
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17 May 18
Now the dust has settled - two weeks after the local elections - the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins gives some advice for newly-elected councillors on five challenges they need to address....
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14 May 18
Nearly all UK local authorities have a ‘severe’ or ‘moderate’ need for more affordable housing, a survey has warned.
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23 Mar 18
Management of Scotland’s public finances is to be transformed with a far greater focus on outcomes, delegates at the CIPFA Scotland annual conference have heard.
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14 Mar 18
The government will find it hard to increase spending on public services even if it wishes to do so, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned after yesterday’s Spring Statement.
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6 Nov 17
Mark Drakeford, Welsh cabinet secretary for finance and local government, talks exclusively to PF about taxes, budget setting and why austerity is a failed policy.
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24 Oct 17
Nearly two-thirds of the public say government spending should increase even if that means higher taxes as support for austerity fades, according to research.
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24 May 17
Guernsey has recorded an increased final surplus of £25m for 2016.
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24 Mar 17
Public money is being wasted because a government body set up to buy common goods and services centrally has delivered disappointing results, the Committee of Public Accounts says today.
22 Jan 21Central government bodies’ day-to-day spending rose to £86bn last month, the highest monthly total since May, according to the Office for National Statistics.
8 Jan 21November's Spending Review might not have marked a return to full-blooded austerity, but unprotected service areas are facing a financial squeeze after next year, writes IFS economist Ben ...
23 Nov 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed that the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review will not see a return to austerity.
9 Mar 20The chancellor has announced plans to review the Treasury Green Book, as he prepares to give his first budget on Wednesday.
14 Nov 19The public sector needs to work together to improve the future performance and sustainability of its services, leaders told the official launch of major analysis on government spend.
28 Oct 19Transport ministers will urge the Treasury to provide councils with longer-term funding in the next Spending Review to deal with the huge number of potholes on local roads.
23 Jul 19Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
3 Jul 19The majority of local government finance officers have lost confidence in their future financial positions over the last year, a CIPFA survey has revealed.
27 Jun 19Tory leadership contenders’ tax and spend pledges would cost the country billions, researchers have found.
29 May 19Public sector deficits were highest in devolved regions in the financial year ending in 2018, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
23 Apr 19The UK must become “more European” in its approach to public spending to end austerity, a think-tank has urged.
3 Apr 19Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
27 Mar 19Labour is right to identify outsourcing failures but its new policy risks creating more problems than it addresses, argues Institute for Government’s Tom Sasse.
16 Oct 18Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
9 Oct 18Nearly two-thirds of people in the UK would like to see public spending increased even if that means higher taxes, a survey has revealed.
18 Sep 18Public services are “crying out for money” the Liberal Democrat leader has told the party’s annual conference.
2 Jul 18Could lessons from chemistry help public service spending be more efficient? asks academic Anant Jani.
17 May 18Now the dust has settled - two weeks after the local elections - the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins gives some advice for newly-elected councillors on five challenges they need to address....
14 May 18Nearly all UK local authorities have a ‘severe’ or ‘moderate’ need for more affordable housing, a survey has warned.
23 Mar 18Management of Scotland’s public finances is to be transformed with a far greater focus on outcomes, delegates at the CIPFA Scotland annual conference have heard.
6 Nov 17Mark Drakeford, Welsh cabinet secretary for finance and local government, talks exclusively to PF about taxes, budget setting and why austerity is a failed policy.
24 Oct 17Nearly two-thirds of the public say government spending should increase even if that means higher taxes as support for austerity fades, according to research.
24 May 17Guernsey has recorded an increased final surplus of £25m for 2016.
24 Mar 17Public money is being wasted because a government body set up to buy common goods and services centrally has delivered disappointing results, the Committee of Public Accounts says today.
