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25 Mar 20
The Public Works Loan Board lending limit is to be raised from £95bn to £115bn under measures in the Finance Act 2020.
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24 Mar 20
The government has confirmed the £500m hardship fund announced during the Budget will be used to fund council tax relief for vulnerable households affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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24 Mar 20
The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
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24 Mar 20
The coronavirus pandemic could see the UK's GDP decline by 5.4% in 2020, according to consultancy firm KPMG.
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24 Mar 20
NHS England has agreed a deal with private healthcare providers to expand hospital capacity to battle the coronavirus pandemic
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24 Mar 20
Local authority pension providers have been urged to suspend or amend any policies that abate pensions for retired key workers who return to work to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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24 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak’s support package for workers could cost several billion pounds per month, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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20 Mar 20
The government is facing renewed calls to stop the “injustice” of the so-called loan charge - the collection of historic tax avoided through ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes, which has so far led to...
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20 Mar 20
Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
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20 Mar 20
Universal Credit ‘advances fraud’ is estimated to have cost the Department for Work and Pensions up to £150m in the 18 months to December 2019, according to the National Audit Office.
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19 Mar 20
The collapse of airline operator Thomas Cook cost the government an estimated £156m, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
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19 Mar 20
A reform of the council tax system could see a 50% decrease in payments for people in the most deprived regions of the country, says the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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19 Mar 20
Welsh councils are preparing to “scale back” some services as the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow in the UK.
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18 Mar 20
The economic impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic is “much worse than feared”, and the world economy is probably already in a recession, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
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18 Mar 20
The government’s implementation of the controversial IR-35 tax rules has been postponed until April 2021, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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18 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
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17 Mar 20
A reported delay to the Treasury's Spending Review is “unsurprising” according to the County Councils Network.
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17 Mar 20
Central government is to increase the public health grant by £145m to £3.3bn in 2020-21, a real term increase of 2.6% compared with 2019-20.
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17 Mar 20
Scotland should prepare for “permanent scarring” of its economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
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16 Mar 20
Birmingham City Council finance chief Clive Heaphy has resigned after his application for the vacant chief executive role was unsuccessful.
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16 Mar 20
Public sector net debt is forecast to rise by £125bn or 4.6% of GDP, as government embarks on the largest spending increase since 1992, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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16 Mar 20
Northamptonshire County Council has predicted a surplus of £119,000 on its 2019-20 budget.
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13 Mar 20
Cost controls at the Renewable Heating Incentive, which led to the collapse of the Stormont government in 2017, fell by the wayside, according to the inquiry into the scheme.
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13 Mar 20
The chancellor has delayed planned changes to a tax credit the government had previously identified as being subject to fraud.
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13 Mar 20
The European Central Bank has deployed stimulus measures in an attempt to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic.
25 Mar 20The Public Works Loan Board lending limit is to be raised from £95bn to £115bn under measures in the Finance Act 2020.
24 Mar 20The government has confirmed the £500m hardship fund announced during the Budget will be used to fund council tax relief for vulnerable households affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Mar 20The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Mar 20The coronavirus pandemic could see the UK's GDP decline by 5.4% in 2020, according to consultancy firm KPMG.
24 Mar 20NHS England has agreed a deal with private healthcare providers to expand hospital capacity to battle the coronavirus pandemic
24 Mar 20Local authority pension providers have been urged to suspend or amend any policies that abate pensions for retired key workers who return to work to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Mar 20Rishi Sunak’s support package for workers could cost several billion pounds per month, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
20 Mar 20The government is facing renewed calls to stop the “injustice” of the so-called loan charge - the collection of historic tax avoided through ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes, which has so far led to...
20 Mar 20Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
20 Mar 20Universal Credit ‘advances fraud’ is estimated to have cost the Department for Work and Pensions up to £150m in the 18 months to December 2019, according to the National Audit Office.
19 Mar 20The collapse of airline operator Thomas Cook cost the government an estimated £156m, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
19 Mar 20Welsh councils are preparing to “scale back” some services as the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow in the UK.
18 Mar 20The economic impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic is “much worse than feared”, and the world economy is probably already in a recession, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
18 Mar 20The government’s implementation of the controversial IR-35 tax rules has been postponed until April 2021, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
18 Mar 20Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
17 Mar 20A reported delay to the Treasury's Spending Review is “unsurprising” according to the County Councils Network.
17 Mar 20Central government is to increase the public health grant by £145m to £3.3bn in 2020-21, a real term increase of 2.6% compared with 2019-20.
17 Mar 20Scotland should prepare for “permanent scarring” of its economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
16 Mar 20Birmingham City Council finance chief Clive Heaphy has resigned after his application for the vacant chief executive role was unsuccessful.
16 Mar 20Northamptonshire County Council has predicted a surplus of £119,000 on its 2019-20 budget.
13 Mar 20Cost controls at the Renewable Heating Incentive, which led to the collapse of the Stormont government in 2017, fell by the wayside, according to the inquiry into the scheme.
13 Mar 20The chancellor has delayed planned changes to a tax credit the government had previously identified as being subject to fraud.
13 Mar 20The European Central Bank has deployed stimulus measures in an attempt to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic.
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