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9 Jun 20
An increase to taxes and making more people eligible for free care will not be enough to fix the social care system, which is “unfit for purpose”, a report from think-tank the Adam Smith Institute...
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8 Jun 20
EU predicts deep and uneven recession, Covid-19 could drive half a million businesses to insolvency, US treasury to borrow a record $3trn this quarter - all in Numbers Game from the June 2020...
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5 Jun 20
With government borrowing set to soar to the highest annual level since the Second World War, what is the outlook for public finances?
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4 Jun 20
Bristol City Council is to sell its council-owned energy company Bristol Energy, after it posted £32.5m of losses over the past five years.
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4 Jun 20
An additional £3bn could be lost from the coronavirus-hit Scottish economy over the next two years if an extension to the Brexit transition period is not agreed, the Scottish Government has warned.
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3 Jun 20
A public sector fund run by fund manager CCLA has reached £1bn for the first time since its launch in 2011, due to the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
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29 May 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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22 May 20
Public sector borrowing hit a record £62.1bn in April 2020, during the first full month of Covid-19 lockdown measures, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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22 May 20
The Scottish Government has set out plans to ease lockdown restrictions from next week in a bid to begin reactivating the economy.
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20 May 20
Local authorities have turned processes upside-down overnight, but staying true to key principles will keep them on track, argues corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham...
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19 May 20
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit jumped to 2.1 million in April – the first full month of lockdown – according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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18 May 20
The coronavirus outbreak, and the policy response to mitigate its consequences, will have ramifications for public finances that will far outlast the immediate public health crisis. Although the full...
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15 May 20
CIPFA's chief economist Jeffrey Matsu explores the state of the UK economy as it attempts to weather the storm of Covid-19.
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15 May 20
A “precautionary” approach to lifting the lockdown in Scotland will limit the risk of a second wave of the virus north of the border, the Scottish Government has said.
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14 May 20
The government has been urged to step-way from a planned public sector pay freeze by union Unite.
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14 May 20
UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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14 May 20
With half of the UK registering productivity levels about the same as the poorer parts of the former East Germany, the prime minister’s pledge to “level up every part of the country” is...
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14 May 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to allocate an extra £600m to help infection control within care homes.
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13 May 20
Jake Bacchus, director of financial services at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it is doing...
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7 May 20
Colchester Borough Council has become the latest of around 20 authorities to furlough some staff in a bid to offset the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 May 20
The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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5 May 20
The government’s coronavirus job retention scheme cost £8bn in the two weeks since its launch, according to statistics from HMRC.
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1 May 20
Councils have criticised the government’s distribution of the latest tranche of Covid-19 funding to local authorities.
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1 May 20
The rateable value threshold for business rates reductions should be increased to at least £100,000, according to cross-party group London Councils, which has suggested up to a quarter of businesses...
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30 Apr 20
A “radical economic package” should be put in place to help kick-start the economy post-coronavirus, according to a report from the Institute for Government.
9 Jun 20An increase to taxes and making more people eligible for free care will not be enough to fix the social care system, which is “unfit for purpose”, a report from think-tank the Adam Smith Institute...
8 Jun 20EU predicts deep and uneven recession, Covid-19 could drive half a million businesses to insolvency, US treasury to borrow a record $3trn this quarter - all in Numbers Game from the June 2020...
5 Jun 20With government borrowing set to soar to the highest annual level since the Second World War, what is the outlook for public finances?
3 Jun 20A public sector fund run by fund manager CCLA has reached £1bn for the first time since its launch in 2011, due to the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
22 May 20Public sector borrowing hit a record £62.1bn in April 2020, during the first full month of Covid-19 lockdown measures, according to the Office for National Statistics.
22 May 20The Scottish Government has set out plans to ease lockdown restrictions from next week in a bid to begin reactivating the economy.
20 May 20Local authorities have turned processes upside-down overnight, but staying true to key principles will keep them on track, argues corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham...
19 May 20The number of people claiming unemployment benefit jumped to 2.1 million in April – the first full month of lockdown – according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
18 May 20The coronavirus outbreak, and the policy response to mitigate its consequences, will have ramifications for public finances that will far outlast the immediate public health crisis. Although the full...
15 May 20CIPFA's chief economist Jeffrey Matsu explores the state of the UK economy as it attempts to weather the storm of Covid-19.
15 May 20A “precautionary” approach to lifting the lockdown in Scotland will limit the risk of a second wave of the virus north of the border, the Scottish Government has said.
14 May 20UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
14 May 20With half of the UK registering productivity levels about the same as the poorer parts of the former East Germany, the prime minister’s pledge to “level up every part of the country” is...
13 May 20Jake Bacchus, director of financial services at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it is doing...
5 May 20The government’s coronavirus job retention scheme cost £8bn in the two weeks since its launch, according to statistics from HMRC.
1 May 20Councils have criticised the government’s distribution of the latest tranche of Covid-19 funding to local authorities.
30 Apr 20A “radical economic package” should be put in place to help kick-start the economy post-coronavirus, according to a report from the Institute for Government.
