Covid-19 led to UK healthcare spending reaching £269bn in 2020, a fifth higher than the previous year’s figure, according to Office for National Statistics data.
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is recruiting economists and finance officers to work in its second headquarters – revealed today to be opening in Wolverhampton.
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to clarify the working relationship between the Bank of England and department throughout Covid-19.
Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former adviser, described the Department of Health’s procurement system as “completely useless” at dealing with Covid-19, but praised chancellor Rishi Sunak in...
The UK’s “de facto” flagship industrial policy “appears to have completely failed” to encourage research and development spending, a group of Cambridge academics have found.
Government proposals on local audit have gained a qualified welcome from the sector – but questions still remain, say experts – PF rounds up the reaction.
The health service and local government both need long-term financial sustainability if the government is to successfully respond to the next national emergency, the National Audit Office has...
New government guidance will aim to improve reporting and transparency by Local Government Pension Scheme pools to bring them into line with international funds, a civil servant said today.
The government has announced it will introduce a bill aiming to ensure “equal treatment” of public service pension members, following the landmark McCloud ruling.
The government needs to commit £102bn of additional NHS and social care funding over the next decade to improve health equality post-Covid-19, medical experts have said.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from a post Covid-19 tax raid on higher earners, as he insisted the UK tax system is already “very progressive”.
A government programme hoped to address long-term problems facing the UK economy is too focused on how much it spends, rather than the results it achieves, MPs have said.
The government’s “arbitrary” fiscal rules are not fit for purpose and should be replaced by a more flexible framework, according to a leading research institute.
Former prime minister David Cameron “quite persistently” lobbied Treasury officials to allow now-defunct Greensill Capital to access government Covid-19 support, according to the department's top...
Emergency coronavirus contracts totalling £3.7bn raised “red flags” meriting further investigation, according to advocacy group Transparency International.
Some deprived areas missed out Levelling Up Fund prioritisation because they have better transport links – not for political reasons – according to chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
Demands to increase spending after a decade of austerity could limit the UK government’s ability to improve public finances, ratings agency Moody’s has warned.
The National Audit Office plans to have its timetable for completing departmental audits back on track for the 2021-22 accounts, following delays caused by Covid-19.
The UK Treasury has updated the Green Book – its methodology for assessing funding bids – to help users put it into action more effectively to achieve ‘levelling up’. What do authorities need to know?
An independent body should conduct the review into the Greensill lobbying scandal, rather than departmental advisors, according to CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.