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31 Jul 20
Changes to the current Public Works Loan Boards lending terms should avoid “unintended consequences” that harm regeneration projects, CIPFA has warned.
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29 Jul 20
The upcoming Spending Review will be driven by speeding up decision-making through the greater use of data, according to chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
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16 Jul 20
The Treasury has announced a further round of gilt sales, taking the planned 2020-21 total to £385m – more than double the amount anticipated in March’s Budget.
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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 Feb 20
Doubt has been cast over the date of the Budget following major Treasury personnel changes in the the cabinet reshuffle.
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13 Feb 20
HMRC and the Treasury lack understanding of the effectiveness of tax reliefs while the cost of providing them has grown by 5% over five years, the public spending watchdog has warned.
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7 Jan 20
The chancellor Sajid Javid has set 11 March as the date for his first Budget promising a “decade of renewal” but the timing has sparked backlash from the Scottish government.
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12 Dec 19
The next government should invest in infrastructure and skills, a former permanent secretary to the Treasury has said.
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5 Nov 19
Government departments will have to provide a more complete picture of their accounts from April next year, a top Treasury official has reminded MPs.
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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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25 Oct 19
Chancellor Sajid Javid wrote to the incoming chair of the treasury committee today to say the Budget planned for 6 November is now cancelled.
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18 Oct 19
The government’s failure to engage with local government before hiking Public Works Loan Board interest rates was “completely unacceptable”, the shadow communities secretary has told PF.
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19 Sep 19
An enhanced Spending Review process, increasing departmental accountability for performance and strengthening transparency can make the Treasury more effective, according to the Institute for...
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31 Aug 19
The chancellor cannot fulfil the prime minister’s spending commitments without exceeding borrowing limits, a think-tank has warned.
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2 Aug 19
The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
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28 Jun 19
The Treasury could be forced to make extra public sector pension payments of £4bn a year due to a landmark supreme court ruling on Thursday.
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11 Apr 19
Treasury plans to cap public sector exit payments have sparked anger from unions.
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9 Apr 19
The UK government has recouped the full amount lent to Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley with the sale of £4.9bn worth of loans.
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12 Mar 19
Redundancy packages for senior public sector workers are likely to be capped at £95,000, as the government seeks to implement the policy passed into law in the 2016 Enterprise Act.
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8 Mar 19
After 26 years representing his constituents in parliament, Clive Betts has become a part of the Westminster furniture, but, as PF’s Dominic Brady discovers, his passion for local government is far...
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21 Feb 19
The public sector ran a £15bn surplus in January – the biggest on record for that month – as a result of strong taxes coming in, official figures have revealed.
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12 Feb 19
The chancellor’s claim that the Brexit agreement would bring a ‘deal dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services is “not credible”, a group of MPs has said.
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1 Feb 19
A government decision to halt its valuation of public sector pension arrangements will cause “uncertainty” for fund administrators, PF has been told.
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3 Jan 19
Reforms to wealth taxes could help fund the rising cost of public service provision, a think-tank has said.
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2 Jan 19
The communities secretary has warned that councils must be given more money to plan for a no-deal Brexit.