The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance has fallen in every local authority in Britain over the last 12 months, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
The government has struck a deal to support the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, but the terms could see energy company EDF receiving above-market payments...
The next UK government could increase public spending by £20bn a year – 1% in real terms – from 2016 and still manage to cut the deficit, according to a Fabian Society commission.
Senior figures in the Department for Communities and Local Government have defended the government’s decision to top-slice the New Homes Bonus, saying reforms will ‘tie in’ councils to Local...
Legislation has been introduced in Parliament that will cut £2,000 from the National Insurance contributions paid by businesses and charities next year
Sterling should be allowed to fall in value to get the UK economy growing in line with the world average, according to a pamphlet published by the Civitas think-tank
Funding for GP services has fallen by £400m in real terms over four years, the Royal College of GPs revealed today. It warned has left a ‘black hole’ in the finances of many practices
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that the ‘crisis’ in the public finances caused by the government’s deficit is not over, and he indicated further cuts to spending will be needed.
Erick Pickles has upstaged Iain Duncan Smith when it comes to pushing through radical benefit reforms. Peter Kenway explains how Council Tax Support, not Universal Credit, became the big welfare...
Ed Miliband has committed the next Labour government to cutting business rates in order to boost the small firms that he said were vital to the future of the economy.
Lower public sector borrowing in August means the government is on track to borrow less than the Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast for 2013/14, economic analysts said today.
The government is yet to take control of the ‘absurd’ situation of the shortage of school places, a direct result of its mismanagement and ‘incoherent’ free schools programme the National Union of...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told delegates at the Liberal Democrat conference today that the country’s economy is ‘growing stronger by the day’.
Home Office attempts to encourage police forces to improve their procurement practices have not been a success, the Public Accounts Committee said today
The Bank of England has been urged to adopt the aim of limiting annual house price inflation in the UK to 5%, in a bid to ensure ‘stability’ in the cost of homes
A series of infrastructure projects intended to boost economic growth have been given the go-ahead in Preston after the city agreed the first of the second round of City Deals with government...
The number of people working in local government fell by nearly 50,000 in the second quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics today.
Recent positive economic figures have ‘decisively ended’ the debate over whether the government’s austerity policy is correct, Chancellor George Osborne claimed today.
