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18 Nov 21
Transport for London has warned of "huge service cuts" to balance its 2022-23 budget if it does not receive further support from central government.
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28 Oct 21
The government has shied away from a fundamental reform of the business rate system in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review, with experts saying councils still lack long-term...
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27 Oct 21
The joint Spending Review and Autumn Budget pledged real-terms funding increases for each central government department. PF rounds-up where that money is heading.
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21 Oct 21
Next week’s Spending Review is likely to see the government indicate the future of delayed reforms to local authority finance, according to the government.
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15 Oct 21
“Glaring holes” in the NHS capital budget pose a risk to patient safety and mean long waiting lists will be tough to reduce, the government has been warned.
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30 Sep 21
Bristol City Council has written to ministers appealing for help to deal with a forecast £24m overspend in its schools budget this year.
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9 Aug 21
A cabinet politician has poured water on reports of a rift between chancellor Rishi Sunak and prime minister Boris Johnson, though he admitted there is a “creative tension”.
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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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1 Dec 20
Last week's Spending Review contained some positives, but long-term certainty remains elusive, says Simone Hines.
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9 Nov 20
Councils in England are set to receive an additional £170m in government funding following a government U-turn over additional support for low-income families this winter.
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6 Nov 20
The combined disruption of Covid-19 and Brexit may lead to a financial squeeze for HMRC next year, a report from the tax department said.
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7 Sep 20
Annual spending on adult social care in England, based on a spend-per-person basis, is currently £600m lower than in 2010, according to a report by the TUC.
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29 Jun 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised funding of £1bn for 50 major school building projects in England.
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26 Mar 20
Local government organisations have expressed understanding at the government’s decision to postpone the upcoming Spending Review.
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2 Dec 19
CIPFA’s Christmas wishlist is dominated by the general election, writes CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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9 Oct 19
The UK’s infrastructure needs investment but the government’s consultation has failed to provide the much-needed clarity on where the money will come from, says CIPFA Governments Board’s Mark...
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22 Aug 19
PF’s Dominic Brady talks to Charlotte Pickles soon after her starting as Reform’s director about justice, social care and the one-year Spending Review.
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15 Aug 19
A petition signed by more than 150,000 individuals has been given to the prime minister to urge him to deliver on his promise to “fix” the social care system.
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9 Aug 19
The one-year ‘Spending Review’ announced last night by chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid must make local government a “top priority”, according to bodies representing councils.
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8 Jul 19
London councils have demanded the fair funding and the Spending Review are delayed until “unprecedented political turbulence” settles.
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2 Jul 19
A third of councils fear they will not have the funds to provide their minimum statutory duties for the next three years, a survey has found.
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5 Jun 19
The Spending Review is unlikely to start before parliament’s summer recess, chief secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss has told the Lords economic affairs committee.
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7 May 19
Two years after the proposal of a green paper on urgently needed social care reform, over a million older people have either died waiting for a care package or had their requests refused, says Age UK...
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24 Apr 19
Philip Hammond has hinted if the Treasury goes ahead with a three-year Spending Review it might not happen in 2019, to a group of MPs.
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13 Mar 19
The chancellor has announced that assuming a Brexit deal is agreed and “uncertainty lifted”, he will launch a “full three-year spending review” before the summer break.