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21 Oct 10
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...
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21 Oct 10
Chancellor George Osborne promised an extra £2bn of funding for elderly social care by 2014 but doubts have been raised about its impact.
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21 Oct 10
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.
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20 Oct 10
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...
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20 Oct 10
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...
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20 Oct 10
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
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20 Oct 10
Chancellor George Osborne today announced funding cuts of 7.1% for councils over the four years of the Comprehensive Spending Review period
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20 Oct 10
The government borrowed a record high of £16.2bn in September, public finance statistics show in the build up to the Comprehensive Spending Review later today
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20 Oct 10
Prime Minister David Cameron today slammed the ‘appalling legacy’ of Labour’s defence procurement practices, as he revealed an 8% cut to the Ministry of Defence budget over the next four years.
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20 Oct 10
Any new curbs on council finance powers would waste millions of pounds of public money, CIPFA warned ahead of today’s Comprehensive Spending Review.
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18 Oct 10
The Trades Union Congress today made a last-ditch plea to the government to base its spending cuts on ‘fair tax and policies that promote growth’
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18 Oct 10
The head of the trade union for council chief executives today condemned the government for interfering with senior pay awards.
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18 Oct 10
Labour’s new shadow chancellor set out his alternative deficit reduction plan today, claiming only half of the coalition’s planned spending cuts are needed.
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18 Oct 10
Almost half of adults believe local authorities won’t have their funding cut, according to a survey published today
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15 Oct 10
Cuts to local government budgets are likely to cause serious problems for the NHS, health chiefs warned today
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15 Oct 10
The salaries of thousands of civil servants were published for the first time today by the government
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15 Oct 10
The £7bn earmarked by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to help disadvantaged children and young people from the age of 2 to 20 will not come out of the schools budget, the Cabinet Office has confirmed
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14 Oct 10
The majority of the public want spending on social housing to be cut to protect other services, a survey from the Local Government Association has shown
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13 Oct 10
The government's flagship Big Society policy could founder if it is not adequately financed, according to a survey of charity and social enterprise bosses
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13 Oct 10
Public sector cuts will trigger jobs losses in the private sector but should not derail the economic recovery, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers
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7 Oct 10
All eyes are on how much the chancellor will cut in his Spending Review. But maximising income from tax revenues is just as important, argues Richard Murphy
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7 Oct 10
The chancellor's statement on October 20 has been billed as a Spending Review like no other, with 25% cuts expected across most departments. But the full impact will only be understood
years down...
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7 Oct 10
The National Policing Improvement Agency has been lauded for saving money and buying more efficiently. But the Home Office plans to bring it to a halt. David Williams reports
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6 Oct 10
Local government minister Bob Neill has defended coalition plans to introduce benefit limits as ‘necessary and fair’.
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5 Oct 10
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has released a practical guide to help ensure public bodies are transparent and fair when making decisions over spending.
21 Oct 10The 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...
20 Oct 10The government borrowed a record high of £16.2bn in September, public finance statistics show in the build up to the Comprehensive Spending Review later today
7 Oct 10All eyes are on how much the chancellor will cut in his Spending Review. But maximising income from tax revenues is just as important, argues Richard Murphy
7 Oct 10The chancellor's statement on October 20 has been billed as a Spending Review like no other, with 25% cuts expected across most departments. But the full impact will only be understood years down...
