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21 Nov 17
Public consultation on the Scottish Government’s plan for a Scottish National Investment Bank has ended with a plea from a left-of-centre think-tank to give the bank a clear social mission.
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12 Sep 17
The rate of inflation has hit 2.9% in August, higher than the 2.8% which was forecast, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
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18 Aug 17
The government’s sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australian business group Macquarie for £2.3bn has been confirmed today.
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17 Jul 17
The first sale of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland lost the government £1.9bn but was still value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
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26 Jun 17
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26 Jun 17
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18 May 17
Lloyds Banking Group, which was bailed out with £20.3bn by the government, has now returned to private ownership, netting the public purse nearly £900m in the process.
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16 May 17
The UK inflation rate hit 2.7% in April - up from 2.3% in March, the Office for National Statistics has said.
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28 Apr 17
The Treasury has now recouped the £20.3bn of public money injected into Lloyds Banking Group during the financial crisis.
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25 Apr 17
Public sector net borrowing for the financial year ending March 2017 has decreased by £20bn to £52bn compared to the previous financial year, according to the latest figures from the...
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24 Apr 17
Local authorities in the UK take well above the national average number of days to pay suppliers, a membership organisation has said.
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19 Apr 17
The government’s stake in RBS, which was given a £45.5bn bailout, could be sold at a loss, the chancellor Philip Hammond has said.
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19 Apr 17
Regional banking could combat inequalities between areas, boost businesses, undermine the big banks’ cartel – and provide a personal touch
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3 Apr 17
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3 Apr 17
The government has continued to sell shares in Lloyds Banking Group, reducing its remaining shareholding to less than 2%, it has been announced.
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30 Jan 17
Taxpayers’ stake in Lloyds Banking Group has dropped below 5% as the government continues to follow its trading plan, the Treasury said this morning.
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9 Jan 17
The government is now no longer the largest shareholder in Lloyds Bank the Treasury announced this morning, saying it had now recovered more than £18bn of the £20.3bn injected into the...
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14 Dec 16
The government has now recovered over £17.5bn of the £20.3bn of taxpayers’ money injected into Lloyds during the financial crisis, the Treasury has announced.
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22 Nov 16
The government has now recovered over £17bn of the £20.3bn of taxpayer money injected into Lloyds bank during the financial crisis, it has been announced.
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15 Nov 16
The government has confirmed plans to abolish the 223-year-old Public Works Loan Board and transfer its functions for lending to local authorities to the Treasury.
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9 Nov 16
The Treasury sold assets of the old Northern Rock bank without a business case, failed to consider the buyer’s tax domicile and ignored a bank’s conflict of interest, according to a review by the...
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26 Oct 16
Chancellor Philip Hammond has launched a further sale of mortgage assets from the former Bradford & Bingley bank, which was nationalised in 2008 at the peak of the financial crisis.
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10 Oct 16
Government plans to offer shares in Lloyds Banking Group to the public have been scrapped after chancellor Philip Hammond said that ongoing market volatility means it is “not the right time for a...
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19 Jul 16
The sale of former Northern Rock assets by the government completed last year “was value for money”, auditors have found.
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29 Jun 16
The UK has lost its triple-A credit ratings from all major agencies after Standard and Poor’s downgrade following the vote to leave the European Union.
21 Nov 17Public consultation on the Scottish Government’s plan for a Scottish National Investment Bank has ended with a plea from a left-of-centre think-tank to give the bank a clear social mission.
12 Sep 17The rate of inflation has hit 2.9% in August, higher than the 2.8% which was forecast, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
18 Aug 17The government’s sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australian business group Macquarie for £2.3bn has been confirmed today.
17 Jul 17The first sale of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland lost the government £1.9bn but was still value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
26 Jun 17Download this CIPFA Insight on accountability, performance, transformation and learning from the CIPFA FM Model.
26 Jun 17Download this CIPFA Insight on the role of medium-term financial planning in effective public financial management
18 May 17Lloyds Banking Group, which was bailed out with £20.3bn by the government, has now returned to private ownership, netting the public purse nearly £900m in the process.
25 Apr 17Public sector net borrowing for the financial year ending March 2017 has decreased by £20bn to £52bn compared to the previous financial year, according to the latest figures from the...
24 Apr 17Local authorities in the UK take well above the national average number of days to pay suppliers, a membership organisation has said.
19 Apr 17The government’s stake in RBS, which was given a £45.5bn bailout, could be sold at a loss, the chancellor Philip Hammond has said.
19 Apr 17Regional banking could combat inequalities between areas, boost businesses, undermine the big banks’ cartel – and provide a personal touch
3 Apr 17Download our supplement on the implications of Brexit for public finance
15 Nov 16The government has confirmed plans to abolish the 223-year-old Public Works Loan Board and transfer its functions for lending to local authorities to the Treasury.
9 Nov 16The Treasury sold assets of the old Northern Rock bank without a business case, failed to consider the buyer’s tax domicile and ignored a bank’s conflict of interest, according to a review by the...
26 Oct 16Chancellor Philip Hammond has launched a further sale of mortgage assets from the former Bradford & Bingley bank, which was nationalised in 2008 at the peak of the financial crisis.
19 Jul 16The sale of former Northern Rock assets by the government completed last year “was value for money”, auditors have found.
29 Jun 16The UK has lost its triple-A credit ratings from all major agencies after Standard and Poor’s downgrade following the vote to leave the European Union.
