Giving local authorities a greater role in skills and training programmes could cut youth unemployment by around 20% in just three years, the Local Government Association has found.
The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012, threatening to push the country into a triple-dip recession, the Office for National Statistics revealed today
The unemployment rate in the UK fell to 7.7% over the three months to November 2012 according to Office for National Statistics figures published today.
MPs have accused the government of repeating the mistakes of the Private Finance Initiative when awarding contracts for connecting offshore wind farms to the National Grid.
Prime Minister David Cameron today backed proposals to introduce a cap on adult social care costs as part of the coalition government’s mid-term review.
Accountants from across the public and private sectors have called on the government to adopt a long-term industrial strategy and said ministers should stop ‘talking down’ the economy.
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
England’s road network will be improved under Chancellor George Osborne’s plans for a ‘revolution’ in Britain’s infrastructure, but he has been criticised for cutting departmental spending to pay for...
Local authorities will face additional cuts of 2% in 2014/15, but have been spared the 1% reduction being imposed next year on most other areas of Whitehall spending, Chancellor George Osborne...
Business bosses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to boost capital spending in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement by unlocking private investment and reallocating government spending towards...
Revenue & Customs is not doing enough to tackle tax avoidance by multinational companies and needs to be more ‘aggressive and assertive’, MPs said today.
Chancellor George Osborne should use next week’s Autumn Statement to freeze spending on public sector pay, benefits and international aid and ignore calls to extend wealth taxes, the Centre for...
The government has defended its flagship scheme to find jobs for unemployed people, although only 2.3% of those taking part in the Work Programme found long-term employment in its first year.
The Autumn Statement must include a £4.5bn investment in science, technology and regional growth if the UK is to avoid a decade of low growth and stagnating living standards, the Work Foundation has...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has added its voice to speculation that the chancellor will have to ditch his debt-reduction target in next week’s Autumn Statement.
