The growth rate of the UK economy was slower than expected in the first three months of the year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Conservative plans to limit immigration could cost the economy and public finances billions, a report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has found.
Public sector net borrowing fell by more than thought in April - by £23.4bn to £48.7bn in the financial year ending March 2017, according to Office for National Statistics figures.
A Conservative government looks likely for the next few years. What might public services look like given the effects of Brexit and a (probably) sluggish economy?
The UK unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6% - its lowest in 42 years - but wage growth falling behind inflation is causing a pay squeeze, official figures show.
Facts and figures from the May edition of Public Finance magazine on unemployment trends, Scottish attitudes to independence and the ever-increasing retirement age
As Brexit negotiations begin the public sector will receive certainty “where possible”, Theresa May outlined in her statement on triggering Article 50.
Local enterprise partnerships helped generate more than £7bn in private sector investment since they were introduced six years ago, research from the organsiations has claimed.
The government balance sheet is increasingly being used to support flagging sectors of the economy from infrastructure to mortgages. What are the risks to the public finances?
Productivity in the public sector has a significant effect on the economy, directly and indirectly. This can prove difficult to measure – not impossible
Public sector borrowing for the financial year-to-date is at its lowest level since 2008, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics – but inflation has now...
The employment rate remained at a record high of 74.6% for the three months to January 2017, latest figures from the Office for National statistics have shown.
The chancellor combined moves to relieve short-term pressures in the public sector with measures to encourage long-term stability, while staying tight-lipped on social care funding
Hiking up national insurance contributions for the self-employed is a “sensible” change to taxation but not enough, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
This was a “warm-up” Budget, with many key decisions deferred, delayed or scheduled for review. The chancellor may yet regret this lack of decisiveness
