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22 Oct 20
London mayor Sadiq Khan and prime minister Boris Johnson are at loggerheads over the management of Transport for London as the network continues negotiations on a second bailout.
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22 Oct 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the government is to amend its Job Support Scheme to increase support to businesses affected by reduced trade resulting from Covid-19.
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22 Oct 20
Councils in England are set to receive £100m to help keep local authority run leisure centres open through the winter.
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21 Oct 20
Public sector net borrowing reached the highest level ever recorded in the first half of the fiscal year as the government tried to deal with the health and economic consequences of Covid-19.
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21 Oct 20
The Treasury has confirmed the Comprehensive Spending Review will only set departmental budgets for next year, due to the economic disruption caused by Covid-19.
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19 Oct 20
Former chancellor Philip Hammond has described prime minister Boris Johnson’s claim that the UK will prosper under any no-deal Brexit as a "delusion".
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18 Oct 20
Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the UK’s credit rating for the third time in eight years, citing factors including a deterioration in the quality of the government’s fiscal decision-making.
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15 Oct 20
The Scottish Government is set to allocate an additional £52.6m to maintain bus services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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12 Oct 20
The government is set to expand its Job Support Scheme, to help workers and businesses who have had to shut due to local lockdown restrictions.
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12 Oct 20
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has invited councils in Somerset, North Yorkshire and Cumbria to submit proposals for unitary authorities.
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9 Oct 20
The UK’s GDP growth slowed to 2.1% in August as the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19 continues, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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9 Oct 20
The government will face some tough choices on benefit reforms following record applications, with some aspects of the system already “ripe for reform”, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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5 Oct 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak signalled that plans for the government to get debt back under control will be pushed into the medium term, following this year’s record borrowing.
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5 Oct 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a £3.7bn funding package to help with the building and regeneration of 40 hospitals.
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2 Oct 20
The economic disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit could complicate the government’s “levelling up” agenda, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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1 Oct 20
The upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review should outline £10.1bn in funding for local authorities up to 2023-24 to help meet funding gaps and increased demand on services, the Local Government...
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1 Oct 20
The Cabinet Office took reasonable steps to control the cost of ventilator procurement on behalf of the NHS during the early stages of the pandemic, according to the National Audit Office.
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30 Sep 20
The long-awaited white paper outlining plans for further devolution in councils across England is set to be delayed, according the head of the UK2070 Commission.
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29 Sep 20
Making the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review a single year would be a “sensible decision”, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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29 Sep 20
Transport for London requires an extra £2bn this financial year to cover the drop in revenues relating to Covid-19, or risk deterioration of the transport network not seen since the 80s and 90s, it...
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25 Sep 20
Business rates retention and other council funding mechanisms aimed at incentivising growth should be scrapped to focus on post-Covid recovery, according to the interest group representing urban...
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24 Sep 20
The cost of Rishi Sunak’s ‘winter economic package’, unveiled today, will not be made public until November, the Treasury has confirmed.
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24 Sep 20
Speculation is growing that the government will opt for another one-year spending round following the announcement that November’s Budget will be delayed until next year.
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23 Sep 20
A senior civil servant this week played down fears that most councils will be left significantly out of pocket by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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23 Sep 20
A London council is likely to have to issue a section 114 notice if a bid to use capital funds for revenue services is refused by central government, its section 151 officer has indicated.
22 Oct 20London mayor Sadiq Khan and prime minister Boris Johnson are at loggerheads over the management of Transport for London as the network continues negotiations on a second bailout.
21 Oct 20Public sector net borrowing reached the highest level ever recorded in the first half of the fiscal year as the government tried to deal with the health and economic consequences of Covid-19.
21 Oct 20The Treasury has confirmed the Comprehensive Spending Review will only set departmental budgets for next year, due to the economic disruption caused by Covid-19.
19 Oct 20Former chancellor Philip Hammond has described prime minister Boris Johnson’s claim that the UK will prosper under any no-deal Brexit as a "delusion".
18 Oct 20Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the UK’s credit rating for the third time in eight years, citing factors including a deterioration in the quality of the government’s fiscal decision-making.
12 Oct 20The government is set to expand its Job Support Scheme, to help workers and businesses who have had to shut due to local lockdown restrictions.
9 Oct 20The government will face some tough choices on benefit reforms following record applications, with some aspects of the system already “ripe for reform”, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
5 Oct 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak signalled that plans for the government to get debt back under control will be pushed into the medium term, following this year’s record borrowing.
5 Oct 20Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a £3.7bn funding package to help with the building and regeneration of 40 hospitals.
2 Oct 20The economic disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit could complicate the government’s “levelling up” agenda, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
1 Oct 20The Cabinet Office took reasonable steps to control the cost of ventilator procurement on behalf of the NHS during the early stages of the pandemic, according to the National Audit Office.
30 Sep 20The long-awaited white paper outlining plans for further devolution in councils across England is set to be delayed, according the head of the UK2070 Commission.
29 Sep 20Making the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review a single year would be a “sensible decision”, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
29 Sep 20Transport for London requires an extra £2bn this financial year to cover the drop in revenues relating to Covid-19, or risk deterioration of the transport network not seen since the 80s and 90s, it...
23 Sep 20A London council is likely to have to issue a section 114 notice if a bid to use capital funds for revenue services is refused by central government, its section 151 officer has indicated.
