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3 Jun 20
A public sector fund run by fund manager CCLA has reached £1bn for the first time since its launch in 2011, due to the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
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29 May 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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22 May 20
Public sector borrowing hit a record £62.1bn in April 2020, during the first full month of Covid-19 lockdown measures, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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22 May 20
The Scottish Government has set out plans to ease lockdown restrictions from next week in a bid to begin reactivating the economy.
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20 May 20
Local authorities have turned processes upside-down overnight, but staying true to key principles will keep them on track, argues corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham...
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19 May 20
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit jumped to 2.1 million in April – the first full month of lockdown – according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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18 May 20
The coronavirus outbreak, and the policy response to mitigate its consequences, will have ramifications for public finances that will far outlast the immediate public health crisis. Although the full...
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15 May 20
CIPFA's chief economist Jeffrey Matsu explores the state of the UK economy as it attempts to weather the storm of Covid-19.
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15 May 20
A “precautionary” approach to lifting the lockdown in Scotland will limit the risk of a second wave of the virus north of the border, the Scottish Government has said.
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14 May 20
The government has been urged to step-way from a planned public sector pay freeze by union Unite.
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14 May 20
UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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14 May 20
With half of the UK registering productivity levels about the same as the poorer parts of the former East Germany, the prime minister’s pledge to “level up every part of the country” is...
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14 May 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to allocate an extra £600m to help infection control within care homes.
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13 May 20
Jake Bacchus, director of financial services at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it is doing...
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7 May 20
Colchester Borough Council has become the latest of around 20 authorities to furlough some staff in a bid to offset the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 May 20
The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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5 May 20
The government’s coronavirus job retention scheme cost £8bn in the two weeks since its launch, according to statistics from HMRC.
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1 May 20
Councils have criticised the government’s distribution of the latest tranche of Covid-19 funding to local authorities.
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1 May 20
The rateable value threshold for business rates reductions should be increased to at least £100,000, according to cross-party group London Councils, which has suggested up to a quarter of businesses...
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30 Apr 20
A “radical economic package” should be put in place to help kick-start the economy post-coronavirus, according to a report from the Institute for Government.
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24 Apr 20
The Debt Management Office is set to continue record gilt issuance, with £180bn to be offered over the next three months.
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24 Apr 20
Hackney Council has warned that its funding gap could be as high as £19m this year, due to the cost of emergency coronavirus measures.
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23 Apr 20
The leaders of all six Oxfordshire councils have warned that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could leave some “financially unsustainable” – and urged the government to provide more funding.
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23 Apr 20
The Welsh government is making £33m available to councils to continue free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
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23 Apr 20
Government borrowing could reach as high as £300bn this year, due to the economic policies put in place to ease finances during the coronavirus pandemic, according to think-tank the Centre for Policy...
3 Jun 20A public sector fund run by fund manager CCLA has reached £1bn for the first time since its launch in 2011, due to the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
29 May 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
22 May 20Public sector borrowing hit a record £62.1bn in April 2020, during the first full month of Covid-19 lockdown measures, according to the Office for National Statistics.
22 May 20The Scottish Government has set out plans to ease lockdown restrictions from next week in a bid to begin reactivating the economy.
20 May 20Local authorities have turned processes upside-down overnight, but staying true to key principles will keep them on track, argues corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham...
19 May 20The number of people claiming unemployment benefit jumped to 2.1 million in April – the first full month of lockdown – according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
18 May 20The coronavirus outbreak, and the policy response to mitigate its consequences, will have ramifications for public finances that will far outlast the immediate public health crisis. Although the full...
15 May 20CIPFA's chief economist Jeffrey Matsu explores the state of the UK economy as it attempts to weather the storm of Covid-19.
15 May 20A “precautionary” approach to lifting the lockdown in Scotland will limit the risk of a second wave of the virus north of the border, the Scottish Government has said.
14 May 20The government has been urged to step-way from a planned public sector pay freeze by union Unite.
14 May 20UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
14 May 20With half of the UK registering productivity levels about the same as the poorer parts of the former East Germany, the prime minister’s pledge to “level up every part of the country” is...
14 May 20Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to allocate an extra £600m to help infection control within care homes.
13 May 20Jake Bacchus, director of financial services at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it is doing...
7 May 20Colchester Borough Council has become the latest of around 20 authorities to furlough some staff in a bid to offset the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
7 May 20The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
5 May 20The government’s coronavirus job retention scheme cost £8bn in the two weeks since its launch, according to statistics from HMRC.
1 May 20Councils have criticised the government’s distribution of the latest tranche of Covid-19 funding to local authorities.
1 May 20The rateable value threshold for business rates reductions should be increased to at least £100,000, according to cross-party group London Councils, which has suggested up to a quarter of businesses...
30 Apr 20A “radical economic package” should be put in place to help kick-start the economy post-coronavirus, according to a report from the Institute for Government.
24 Apr 20The Debt Management Office is set to continue record gilt issuance, with £180bn to be offered over the next three months.
24 Apr 20Hackney Council has warned that its funding gap could be as high as £19m this year, due to the cost of emergency coronavirus measures.
23 Apr 20The leaders of all six Oxfordshire councils have warned that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could leave some “financially unsustainable” – and urged the government to provide more funding.
23 Apr 20The Welsh government is making £33m available to councils to continue free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
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