Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said that proposals to increase the minimum wage to £8 an hour will form part of the next Labour government’s ‘driving purpose’ to tackle levels of low pay...
The government must launch a national campaign to improve adult literacy and numeracy, which are at ‘alarmingly low’ levels and undermining the UK’s economic performance, MPs said today.
Charities in England and Wales have been urged to report all frauds and thefts to the Charity Commission so the true scale and nature of risks facing the sector can be understood.
A proposal by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to create a new Thames Estuary airport has been ruled out by the government’s Airports Commission which is developing plans for additional aviation...
Local authorities outside London must collaborate more if their regions are to achieve higher economic growth, a study by Grant Thornton has concluded.
Government policies have put a rocket under over-inflated house prices while social housing’s share of the total stock has steadily fallen. So how do you rebalance the market?
Public sector borrowing in the first four months of the financial year was more than £9bn higher than the same period in 2013/14, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
The UK’s economic growth in the year to the end of June has been revised up to 3.2%, according to figures published by the Office of National Statistics today.
Elected mayors with economic development powers should be introduced to city regions in the north of England in a bid to tackle the ‘brain drain’ of skilled workers, Policy Exchange has said today.
The UK unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly six years following a 132,000 drop in the number of people out of work in the second quarter of the year, the Office for National...
The Scottish Government’s policy to renationalise the Royal Mail if the country votes for independence on September 18 is ‘nothing more than an uncosted aspiration’, a Westminster parliamentary...
Gross domestic product grew by 0.6% in the three months to the end of June, latest figures from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research have estimated.
Plans to devolve new money and civic powers to the north of England are to be worked up over the next five months in order to form the centrepiece of December’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor George...
Five cities in the north of England have set out a £15bn plan to upgrade transport connections across the region to create an interconnected ‘economic powerhouse’.
The eight core cities in England have set up a new board with their corresponding Local Enterprise Partnerships in a bid to boost jobs and investment outside London and the south east.
The government has been urged to work more effectively with charities and service users when designing outsourcing contracts to ensure the ‘waste and inefficiency’ of the Work Programme is not...
The size of the UK economy has finally surpassed the level recorded in the pre-crisis peak of early 2008, prompting senior government figures to hail a ‘major milestone’ on the economic road to...
An urban regeneration company charged with leading the redevelopment of central Birmingham has been established, capitalising on the city’s status as a High Speed 2 hub.
Public servants must look beyond national borders and election cycles to meet the challenges of globalisation, the CIPFA conference heard from EY’s Uschi Schreiber.
The economic recovery has been led by household consumption but a ‘frothy’ housing market and poor trade and productivity statistics raise questions over long-term sustainability, CIPFA’s annual...
Labour has pledged to reverse a ‘century of centralisation’ in the control of public spending after backing a review by former Cabinet minister Lord Adonis that calls for more than £30bn to be...
All families should be given government help towards their childcare costs in a bid to encourage more mothers back to work, according to recommendations from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Should public sector finance managers be more open with the public about the effects of cuts in services? Participants at a recent CIPFA roundtable debate on health and social care funding certainly...
