A programme of a similar scale to the unprecedented Covid-19 employment scheme might be necessary to keep rising energy bills from pushing millions of people into financial desperation, according to...
Ministers should focus on supporting the poorest households through the cost-of-living crisis rather than implementing broad tax cuts, economists at the National Institute of Economic and Social...
Tax cuts proposed by Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss could cost more than £30bn and break the government's fiscal rules, economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have warned.
The lack of good data on the location and occupancy of government properties is hindering Whitehall’s ability to manage its portfolio, the National Audit Office has said.
A lack of taxes on wealth means young people are left paying a disproportionate share of the tax burden, despite older people generally being wealthier, an expert has said.
Government debt could peak at more than three times GDP over the long-term without tax rises or spending reductions, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned.
Greg Clark has been appointed the new levelling up secretary, replacing the sacked Michael Gove in one of Boris Johnson’s last moves before announcing his resignation.
A turbulent evening in UK politics left Nadhim Zahawi as the new chancellor of the exchequer, after Rishi Sunak resigned citing his “fundamentally” different approach to government from Boris Johnson.
The government launched its post-Brexit investment bank more than a year faster than similar lending facilities, meaning it was unable to state how it will meet objectives, according to the National...
Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 pushed nearly 100,000 65-year-olds into income poverty, leading to calls for more support for people in their 60s to find work.
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove was unable to confirm how the government will fund the proposed expansion of the right-to-buy scheme, but urged MPs to “watch this space”.
The Treasury has defended itself against a think-tank’s claim that it spent billions of pounds more than necessary on interest on the government’s debts.
The lack of clarity over ministerial involvement in approving Levelling Up Fund bids has been branded “unsatisfactory” by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
Government plans to cut the civil service by 91,000 jobs in three years are more drastic than those experienced at even the harshest point of austerity in the 2010s, trade unions have said, warning...
An MP has asked the government for clarity on where ‘levelling up’ money is being distributed around the UK, suggesting the array of funding pots makes it “difficult, if not impossible” to see which...
The government has said it is working to improve its evaluation work to ensure major projects provide value for money after a parliamentary committee warned there was “no evidence [of] what is...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a windfall tax on energy companies’ “extraordinary” profits to help fund support measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis.
Public sector borrowing fell in April as the recovery from the Covid-19 shock continued, but measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis remain “tricky” according to commentators.
The Department for Work and Pensions is set to spend £600m and give officers new legal powers in a move ministers say will help prevent £4bn of fraud in the benefit system over the next five years.
Government plans to cut 90,000 jobs from the civil service mark a return to the austerity that hurt economic growth and damaged public services in the 2010s, a trade union leader has warned.
Network Rail could be forced to make yearly cuts of around £100m in maintenance spending up to 2023-24, leading to a reduction in services and greater safety risks for passengers,...