Labour leader Ed Miliband today indicated that local government, one of the areas worst hit by the coalition's spending cuts, would not have been let off the hook by a Labour government
The severity of local government cuts announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review came as a shock to half of council finance directors, while almost all have denounced the front-loading, a survey...
Chancellor George Osborne has come under pressure to reveal how much money the government hopes to generate through asset sales during the Comprehensive Spending Review period
A Public Finance dinner debate brought together the great and the good in Scottish local government to discuss finances in advance of the SNP's budget plans. David Scott reports
The Comprehensive Spending Review should have produced tougher measures on welfare reform and done more on job creation, according to ordinary members of the public
It is debatable whether the coalition kept its promise to give the NHS a real-terms increase in funding. Even if it did, the rise was so small as to be almost undetectable, argues John Appleby
The Spending Review confirmed deep cuts in councils' funding along with greater freedoms to mitigate their losses. But while ministers might believe innovation will bridge the gap, the truth is...
The NHS is likely to come under 'tremendous' pressure to implement pay rises while coping with near-flat funding settlements in the latter half of the Comprehensive Spending Review period, MPs have...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned MPs that changes to Council Tax Benefit, outlined in last month’s Comprehensive Spending Review, mean that local authorities have both an incentive and a...
The government misjudged the opposition from Conservative London councils to its social housing cuts, a leading public policy expert has told Public Finance.
Prime Minister David Cameron today launched the government's National Infrastructure Plan, which sets out the country's infrastructure priorities and the scale of investment needed to meet them
The radical reform of Council Tax Benefit set out in the Comprehensive Spending Review has ‘many downsides’ and would penalise poorer households, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned
For those battling with increasing demand and shrinking budgets, raising productivity seems to be one of the least painless solutions around. But how to achieve it? The Local Government Group is on...
It was steady as she goes at the NHS - until the white paper came
along. As the health service sails into stormy waters, it's all hands
on deck at the Department of Health, finds Noel Plumridge
The lack of a firm commitment to place-based budgeting in yesterday’s Comprehensive Spending Review was because it has failed to gain cross-departmental support, local government select committee...
Real-terms spending on school pupils will decrease by 2.25% over the next four years, despite the chancellor’s pledge to protect funding, Public Finance has been told.
The impact of the Spending Review will be less severe for the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland than it will be for most Whitehall departments, the UK government...
Local authorities are preparing for profound changes in the way they provide services and run themselves after council spending emerged as one of the worst-hit areas in this week's Comprehensive...
The Housing Benefit bill is likely to soar after Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that rents for new social housing tenants will rise to 80% of the market rate, Public Finance has learnt
