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13 Feb 15
UK inflation could turn negative in the spring and remain at zero for the rest of the year, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned, and insisted he would cut interest rates further if needed...
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21 Jan 15
The risk of an NHS crisis is mounting, with problems spreading from accident & emergency departments and starting to affect waiting times, operations and discharges, the King’s Fund warned today.
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7 Jan 15
The Department of Health has insisted that the NHS has enough funding to cope with the record levels of demand on accident and emergency services, after figures revealed waiting times have reached...
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17 Dec 14
Unemployment continued to fall over the three months to October, taking the rate to 6%, according to official figures published today.
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3 Dec 14
District councils are proving more financially resilient amid government funding cuts than their larger counterparts, a report by Grant Thornton has found.
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26 Nov 14
Councils should be able to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board to fund revenue spending on projects to integrate local services, an independent expert panel has recommended.
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14 Nov 14
A new national database of apprenticeships and other employer-led courses and training opportunities for over 16s will be launched in England next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed.
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5 Nov 14
Welsh Assembly members have called for ‘greater consistency and clarity’ on pay for senior public sector managers.
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28 Oct 14
The health service ombudsman has said she is increasingly concerned about patients being discharged from hospital when they are not ready to go home.
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23 Oct 14
The NHS in England will face a £30bn shortfall by 2020/21 and both funding increases and changes to provision will be needed over the next five years to deliver improvements, health service leaders...
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22 Oct 14
The government scheme offering free pre-school places for infants has helped only a small number of women into work, a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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21 Oct 14
Public sector borrowing was £58bn for the first six months of 2014/15, up more than £5bn from the same period the previous year, figures from the Office for National Statistics has revealed.
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17 Oct 14
Councils are increasing the commercial use of assets such as property in response to the spending squeeze, a survey of senior managers has found.
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15 Oct 14
Nicola Sturgeon is set to become Scotland’s first female First Minister after the deadline for nominations to succeed Alex Salmond as leader of the Scottish National Party passed without any other...
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10 Oct 14
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced the first Scottish taxes in more than 300 years in his 2015/16 Budget package in the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.
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10 Sep 14
A decision by the Department of Health to prioritise the financial stability of local health economies over fair funding allocations has meant that there has been ‘very slow progress’ towards reform...
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10 Sep 14
The devolution arrangements in Northern Ireland are no longer fit for purpose and need to be reformed, First Minister Peter Robinson has said.
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10 Sep 14
Nearly two-thirds of people think political parties in the UK generally do not keep their election promises and fewer than one in five think politicians are good at explaining how their policies will...
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8 Sep 14
Public sector job prospects have fallen following a period of buoyancy, according to Manpower’s employment outlook survey.
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5 Sep 14
The next government should introduce legislation to allow as many as 40 cities in England to expand for over a period of 35 years into garden cities that would house more than 150,000 additional...
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4 Sep 14
The police watchdog in England and Wales has warned that people are being put at risk due to the differing responses to crimes from forces dependent on where they live.
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3 Sep 14
Charities in England and Wales have been urged to report all frauds and thefts to the Charity Commission so the true scale and nature of risks facing the sector can be understood.
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3 Sep 14
Electoral registration staff in Scotland have been inundated with tens of thousands of last-minute registrations to vote in Scotland’s independence referendum on September 18, as polling suggested a...
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1 Sep 14
Promises by the three pro-union parties to guarantee Holyrood more tax powers if Scots vote no to independence have been cast into serious doubt by objections from London mayor Boris Johnson, a...
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1 Sep 14
The health sector regulator Monitor has today announced it is placing the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust into special measures because of serious failures in patient safety and...
13 Feb 15UK inflation could turn negative in the spring and remain at zero for the rest of the year, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned, and insisted he would cut interest rates further if needed...
5 Nov 14Welsh Assembly members have called for ‘greater consistency and clarity’ on pay for senior public sector managers.
23 Oct 14The NHS in England will face a £30bn shortfall by 2020/21 and both funding increases and changes to provision will be needed over the next five years to deliver improvements, health service leaders...
21 Oct 14Public sector borrowing was £58bn for the first six months of 2014/15, up more than £5bn from the same period the previous year, figures from the Office for National Statistics has revealed.
1 Sep 14Promises by the three pro-union parties to guarantee Holyrood more tax powers if Scots vote no to independence have been cast into serious doubt by objections from London mayor Boris Johnson, a...
