An umbrella-group has expressed disappointment Philip Hammond did not consult with local authorities before announcing in the Budget business rates relief for high street retailers.
The Scottish Government has been warned against further raising the top rate of income tax, which would create greater divergence in the tax system north and south of the border.
The UK’s public finances are among the weakest in the world after the 2008 financial crash, behind Gambia, Uganda and Kenya, an IMF assessment of assets and liabilities has revealed.
The government will secure a Brexit deal that will create a ‘dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services, the chancellor told the Conservative conference today.
Scotland must have a guaranteed role in future trade negotiations under a radical overhaul of arrangements post-Brexit, according to the Scottish Government.
Local authority borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board has reached a seven-year high as cash-strapped councils increasingly invest in capital projects.
Central government will not financially abandon local authorities – even as grants are phased out in favour of business rate revenue, local government minister Rishi Sunak has promised PF.
Less than half of risk professionals in public sector organisations have said there is not enough risk awareness when managing commercial projects, research has suggested.
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The collapse of Carillion at the start of this year was “almost inevitable” given the model of outsourced service delivery pursued by successive governments, MPs said today.
Whitehall must provide certainty for councils to stop changes to business rates costing them ‘considerable sums’, according to local government groups.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s has made “virtually no attempt” to re-order its priorities to implement Brexit, the public finance watchdog has warned today.