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6 May 22
This week’s local elections packed a few surprises. PF examines the results in authorities whose finance departments have been in the news during recent months.
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5 Feb 21
Local authorities in England will receive around £15m in additional funding to help hold safe council elections, after the government confirmed polling will take place on 6 May.
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25 Jan 21
Two-thirds of councils in England say additional ring-fenced funding from central government is needed to run safe local elections in May.
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17 Dec 19
Boris Johnson must use his large parliamentary majority to push through sustainable funding settlements for public services in need, writes CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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13 Dec 19
After last night’s historic win, Boris Johnson’s government is now left to deliver on their mandate to get Brexit done and finish what they started. But that isn't all they need to do, writes Local...
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13 Dec 19
The general election leaves local government with on-going questions over long-term funding challenges, especially of social care, PF has been told.
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9 Dec 19
Labour has costed its pledge of free personal care for older people and working age adults at £10bn by 2023-24.
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6 Dec 19
Economists have expressed scepticism over the Conservatives’ claim the party’s ‘Brexit Budget’ in February will cut taxes.
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4 Dec 19
The Conservatives have promised to hand mayoral and combined authority areas £4.2bn to improve local train, bus and tram routes in England.
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3 Dec 19
Labour has promised to cut rail fares by a third after it was announced that travellers will be paying an extra 2.7% on average in the new year.
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2 Dec 19
The Conservatives’ funding plans for local government will lead to “further retrenchment” in council services, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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29 Nov 19
Labour has launched manifestos in every region of England to “bring wealth, power and prosperity to every community after years of neglect”, the party has said.
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28 Nov 19
The Liberal Democrats have vowed to end rough sleeping within five years by placing a duty on councils to provide emergency accommodation.
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28 Nov 19
Both Labour and the Conservatives are not being honest with the electorate over tax and spend pledges in their manifestos, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
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26 Nov 19
The Conservative manifesto risks child poverty hitting a 60-year high in the UK, a think-tank has warned.
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25 Nov 19
The Conservatives have been criticised for a “shameful omission” of clear plans on social care in the party’s manifesto.
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21 Nov 19
Local government spending power would be returned to 2010 levels under a Labour government, the party’s manifesto has said.
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21 Nov 19
Boris Johnson’s pledge to raise the National Insurance Contribution threshold would benefit wealthier households, think-tanks have claimed.
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19 Nov 19
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £35bn in health and social care over the next five years via a one pence increase to the basic rate of income tax.
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7 Nov 19
Chancellor Sajid Javid and his shadow counterpart John McDonnell have outlined major fiscal promises to kickstart their parties’ election campaigns.
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1 Nov 19
The UK is heading “back to the 1970s” in spending terms, regardless of who wins December’s general election, according to a think-tank.
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30 Oct 19
Electoral administrators have warned that a December general election will increase workload pressures and drive up costs for councils.
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20 Sep 19
PF in association with CIPFA has created a ‘promisometer’ to which spending pledges by the three main parties will be added ahead of the election on 12 December.
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11 Sep 19
Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier has thrown her hat in the ring for the role of Commons speaker.
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12 Aug 19
The Labour Party outspent its Conservative rivals considerably last year, according to the latest accounts published by the Electoral Commission.
6 May 22This week’s local elections packed a few surprises. PF examines the results in authorities whose finance departments have been in the news during recent months.
25 Jan 21Two-thirds of councils in England say additional ring-fenced funding from central government is needed to run safe local elections in May.
17 Dec 19Boris Johnson must use his large parliamentary majority to push through sustainable funding settlements for public services in need, writes CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
13 Dec 19After last night’s historic win, Boris Johnson’s government is now left to deliver on their mandate to get Brexit done and finish what they started. But that isn't all they need to do, writes Local...
13 Dec 19The general election leaves local government with on-going questions over long-term funding challenges, especially of social care, PF has been told.
9 Dec 19Labour has costed its pledge of free personal care for older people and working age adults at £10bn by 2023-24.
6 Dec 19Economists have expressed scepticism over the Conservatives’ claim the party’s ‘Brexit Budget’ in February will cut taxes.
4 Dec 19The Conservatives have promised to hand mayoral and combined authority areas £4.2bn to improve local train, bus and tram routes in England.
3 Dec 19Labour has promised to cut rail fares by a third after it was announced that travellers will be paying an extra 2.7% on average in the new year.
29 Nov 19Labour has launched manifestos in every region of England to “bring wealth, power and prosperity to every community after years of neglect”, the party has said.
28 Nov 19The Liberal Democrats have vowed to end rough sleeping within five years by placing a duty on councils to provide emergency accommodation.
28 Nov 19Both Labour and the Conservatives are not being honest with the electorate over tax and spend pledges in their manifestos, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
26 Nov 19The Conservative manifesto risks child poverty hitting a 60-year high in the UK, a think-tank has warned.
25 Nov 19The Conservatives have been criticised for a “shameful omission” of clear plans on social care in the party’s manifesto.
21 Nov 19Local government spending power would be returned to 2010 levels under a Labour government, the party’s manifesto has said.
21 Nov 19Boris Johnson’s pledge to raise the National Insurance Contribution threshold would benefit wealthier households, think-tanks have claimed.
19 Nov 19The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £35bn in health and social care over the next five years via a one pence increase to the basic rate of income tax.
7 Nov 19Chancellor Sajid Javid and his shadow counterpart John McDonnell have outlined major fiscal promises to kickstart their parties’ election campaigns.
1 Nov 19The UK is heading “back to the 1970s” in spending terms, regardless of who wins December’s general election, according to a think-tank.
30 Oct 19Electoral administrators have warned that a December general election will increase workload pressures and drive up costs for councils.
20 Sep 19PF in association with CIPFA has created a ‘promisometer’ to which spending pledges by the three main parties will be added ahead of the election on 12 December.
11 Sep 19Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier has thrown her hat in the ring for the role of Commons speaker.
12 Aug 19The Labour Party outspent its Conservative rivals considerably last year, according to the latest accounts published by the Electoral Commission.
