The Trades Union Congress has urged Chancellor George Osborne to take ‘bold measures’ to boost the economy in his Budget next week, including plans to tackle youth unemployment.
The annual report on Scotland’s public finances has sparked an intense row between nationalists and unionists over whether the country punches above or below its weight in the UK economy.
Funds from local government pension schemes should be used to help set up a £30bn national infrastructure bank, a local government think-tank has said today.
Security is vital for local authority investments and that means managing the range of risks entailed. CIPFA’s recent study shows what councils are doing to protect their funds
As the UK feels the pain of the harshest austerity package since the war, don’t expect any letup in George Osborne’s March Budget. Better get used to the new normal, says Tony Travers
Chancellor George Osborne has been urged to use next month’s Budget to end uncertainty over whether corporation tax powers will be devolved to Northern Ireland.
The public sector recorded a surplus of £7.8bn last month, as a result of high tax payments and reduced borrowing from councils, figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.
European Union countries’ government debt increased to 82.2% of their gross domestic product at the end of September 2011, according to the EU’s statistical service.
Youth unemployment represents a ‘time bomb’ under the nation’s public finances and could cost the government £28bn over the next ten years, a voluntary sector review has found.
The Treasury scheme to increase lending to small businesses has failed and should be replaced with a government-backed national investment bank, Ed Miliband said today.
European Union leaders need to be ‘bolder’ in how they tackle the eurozone crisis, reduce budget deficits and encourage growth, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.
The UK economy is likely to have shrunk in the last quarter of 2011, and might be in recession until the summer, a leading economic forecaster has said.
