The government is considering an overhaul of the healthcare system which would put partnerships between councils and the NHS onto a statutory footing, a leaked document reveals.
Treasury officials are looking into the implementation of an online sales tax and an ‘excessive profit’ levy, in response to the increase in online shopping resulting from Covid-19, according to...
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.
The Bank of England has written to banks asking them to take measures to prepare for any future decision to cut interest rates below zero later this year.
Local government spending power will be around two percentage points lower than the 4.6% trailed by the government in the final funding settlement announced yesterday, according to a local government...
Councils expect to collect £1.3bn less council tax in 2020-21 than they forecast before Covid-19 hit, after the crisis damaged some households’ ability to pay bills, according to the Institute for...
West Berkshire Council is to shelve the uncompleted third of its £100m commercial investment plan following the introduction of new restrictions on borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board.
The costs of independence to the Scottish economy are likely to be two to three times greater than the costs of Brexit as a result of increased trade costs, a study warns.
The number of loans taken from the Public Works Loan Board fell in January, with one treasury adviser saying Covid-19 payments from government could have weakened borrowing demand.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will stand by the 2019 Conservative manifesto pledge and not raise income tax, VAT or national insurance in the upcoming budget, according to reports.
CIPFA is consulting on proposed strengthening training for treasury management staff, following the introduction of legislation allowing public bodies to use more complex financial tools.
The government has “no other credible alternative” to granting the London Borough of Croydon a capitalisation direction to ease its financial woes, a review it commissioned has concluded.
The loss of teaching resulting from Covid-19 school closures could see a £100bn long-term hit to taxation on reduced lifetime earnings for affected children, according to the Institute for Fiscal...
Robert Jenrick fast-tracked grant funding to local authorities at the start of the Covid-19 crisis last year despite objections from civil servants, according to the National Audit Office.
The Valuation Office Agency has paused talks over hundreds of millions pounds worth of potential Covid-19-related business rates rebates for offices, PF has learnt.
Local authorities in Scotland are set to receive £11.6bn from Holyrood next year, an increase of around 3% – plus £90m to freeze council tax – according to draft budget proposals.
