Chancellor George Osborne will be forced to revise up borrowing for the current financial year by £9bn in this week’s Autumn Statement, as stronger growth has not led to revenue increases, the EY...
Public sector borrowing between April to October this year rose £3.7bn compared to the same period the previous year, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.
The next government needs to better coordinate economic development initiatives if it hopes to close the current North-South divide, a committee of MPs and peers has said.
A new national database of apprenticeships and other employer-led courses and training opportunities for over 16s will be launched in England next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed.
George Osborne has embarked on a tour of the country to find out what areas could benefit from additional funding for road improvements in next month’s Autumn Statement.
What does CIPFA want from the political parties come May 2015? Some honesty about the fiscal position, for starters – and realism about the hard choices to be made
The next government should set a fiscal rule to ensure that total public spending does not exceed tax revenue once the existing deficit is closed, the CBI has said.
The prime minister and chancellor have given their backing to a proposed High Speed 3 rail scheme, which aims to provide better and quicker links between England’s northern cities.
The government scheme offering free pre-school places for infants has helped only a small number of women into work, a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
Public sector borrowing was £58bn for the first six months of 2014/15, up more than £5bn from the same period the previous year, figures from the Office for National Statistics has revealed.
Britain is on the brink of becoming a ‘permanently divided’ nation, with increasing numbers of people trapped in low paying jobs, shut out of the housing market and hurt by public spending cuts, the...
UK economic growth is set to slow next year as a result of increasing political uncertainty from constitutional reforms and the impact of a possible referendum on leaving the European Union, one...
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has asked officials to examine what role Whitehall could have in commissioning new homes, to ensure national targets for construction can be met.
The income tax personal allowance would go up £500 to £11,000 in 2016/17 if the Liberal Democrats form part of the next government, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for the reopening of the railway between Oxford and Cambridge to connect as many as five garden cities and boost housebuilding.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has set out plans for deficit reduction based on a three fiscal rules involving both spending cuts and tax rises.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has revealed the coalition is on track to reduce the number of government buildings in central London to just 23 by 2020, by moving offices to the suburbs.
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to balance the public finances by 2018 and said a Conservative government would not increase taxes to tackle the £25bn funding gap that still needs to be...
Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans to freeze the value of most benefits for two years from April 2016 as part of an extra £25bn worth of cuts needed to balance public spending.
Chief finance officers across Britain’s top 350 firms have backed the government’s deficit-reduction plans, but are warning that political uncertainty around next year’s general election could hit...
The Welsh National Assembly’s Finance Committee has turned to Scotland, and to CIPFA, for specialist counsel in scrutinising the Welsh Government’s 2015/16 Budget
