The UK is not bound by international law to make payments to the European Union after the end of Article 50 negotiations, a House of Lords committee has claimed.
The health secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised that the NHS in England will be self-sufficient in terms of doctors by 2025, under plans to prepare the health service for the impact of Brexit.
Theresa May has set out plans to pass a “Great Repeal Act” that will incorporate European Union law into Westminster statute and then allow the government to begin to remove provisions following...
The UK should reboot Britain in the wake of Brexit by cutting its corporation tax to zero and adopting Icelandic fishing policies, according to a new report.
The directors of three of the UK’s leading economic research institutions have issued a joint statement warning that a Brexit would almost certainly weaken the public finances.
The EU has a great influence on who can work in the UK and how these staff are treated. Would the UK’s public sector be better or worse off without this source of labour and employment...
Facts and figures from the May 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, on public sector employment, academy enthusiasm, trust in government, city regions and Brexit
Tax receipts could be as much as £45bn lower if the UK votes to leave the European Union, leading to large tax rises or major cuts in public spending, the Treasury has claimed today.
Uncertainty over levels of immigration will make it impossible to plan public services properly for as long as Britain remains in the EU, UKIP’s sole elected parliamentarian in Scotland told a...
The EU’s Court of Auditors recognises change is in the air with crises over the euro, migration and Brexit. So it is considering a “wholly new approach” to financial management
The EU, with its imposition of rules and regulations, has tempered the UK’s fondness for muddling along, forcing it to make better decisions and become more far sighted
Facts and figures from the March 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, featuring public trust in officials, EU vs UK vs US employment trends, inflation, housebuilding and Brexit
A draft agreement to reform the UK’s relationship with the European Union published today would allow Britain to restrict in-work benefits for European migrants as part of an “emergency brake”.
Facts and figures from the Jan/Feb 2016 edition of Public Finance, including employment trends, pensions, cool welcomes across Europe, the perils of perception and a postmortem of election polling
The European Commission is to investigate whether the UK’s plans to subsidise the conversion of part of a coal power plant to operate on biomass are a breach of state aid rules.
A round-up of facts and figures from the November 2015 edition of Public Finance, looking at the living wage, apprenticeships versus degrees, the productivity puzzle and Brexit opinions
