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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.
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26 Nov 18
The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
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23 Nov 18
An attempt to improve public finances by selling off student loans could have in fact damaged them, according to a group of MPs.
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19 Nov 18
Treasury officials are aiming to bring forward the publication of the Whole of Government Accounts for the next financial year, MPs have been told.
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21 Sep 18
Borrowing in August was the highest it has been for two years, according to official figures.
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13 Sep 18
The Treasury is increasingly cut off from local public service leaders and is staffed by young, inexperienced civil servants, a think-tank has warned.
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28 Jun 18
Whole of Government Accounts for 2016-17 have been published today, showing the government’s liabilities outstripped its assets by £2.4 trillion.
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8 Jun 18
The Treasury has told MPs it will not defend its plans for an environmental watchdog set up to fill a regulatory hole left by Brexit that has been branded “toothless”.
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4 Jun 18
The Treasury has been urged to define its plans for a new green watchdog by the environmental audit committee.
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20 Apr 18
The Treasury’s estimate of the cost of the UK’s ‘divorce’ from the European Union is reasonable but liable to prove too low, the National Audit Office has said.
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1 Aug 17
The Ministry of Justice three times breached Treasury guidelines in errors over prison officers’ pay.
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4 May 17
CIPFA has criticised the chancellor for taking a “backwards step” in reversing reforms in financial management at the Treasury.
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28 Feb 17
Whitehall departments have been told by the Treasury to draw up plans to make up to 6% savings under a cross-government efficiency drive, but any savings found in local government will be reinvested...
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24 Feb 17
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has indicated that the government will move to provide additional support for firms most affected by April’s business rates revaluation, but also insisted he...
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13 Feb 17
Former civil service chief Lord Kerslake has called for the Treasury’s financial management capabilities to be strengthened to tackle what he called “professional economists trying to be amateur...
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16 Jan 17
The government must change the way it makes tax and budgetary decisions in order to avoid confusion, embarrassing u-turns and costly errors, expert analysts have said.
28 Jun 19The Treasury could be forced to make extra public sector pension payments of £4bn a year due to a landmark supreme court ruling on Thursday.
11 Apr 19Treasury plans to cap public sector exit payments have sparked anger from unions.
9 Apr 19The UK government has recouped the full amount lent to Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley with the sale of £4.9bn worth of loans.
12 Mar 19Redundancy 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.
8 Mar 19After 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...
21 Feb 19The 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.
12 Feb 19The 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.
1 Feb 19A government decision to halt its valuation of public sector pension arrangements will cause “uncertainty” for fund administrators, PF has been told.
3 Jan 19Reforms to wealth taxes could help fund the rising cost of public service provision, a think-tank has said.
2 Jan 19The communities secretary has warned that councils must be given more money to plan for a no-deal Brexit.
26 Nov 18The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
23 Nov 18An attempt to improve public finances by selling off student loans could have in fact damaged them, according to a group of MPs.
28 Jun 18Whole of Government Accounts for 2016-17 have been published today, showing the government’s liabilities outstripped its assets by £2.4 trillion.
8 Jun 18The Treasury has told MPs it will not defend its plans for an environmental watchdog set up to fill a regulatory hole left by Brexit that has been branded “toothless”.
4 Jun 18The Treasury has been urged to define its plans for a new green watchdog by the environmental audit committee.
1 Aug 17The Ministry of Justice three times breached Treasury guidelines in errors over prison officers’ pay.
4 May 17CIPFA has criticised the chancellor for taking a “backwards step” in reversing reforms in financial management at the Treasury.
24 Feb 17Local government secretary Sajid Javid has indicated that the government will move to provide additional support for firms most affected by April’s business rates revaluation, but also insisted he...
13 Feb 17Former civil service chief Lord Kerslake has called for the Treasury’s financial management capabilities to be strengthened to tackle what he called “professional economists trying to be amateur...
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