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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.
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13 Mar 20
City of Edinburgh Council has allocated £2m of a £7.43m award from the Scottish Government’s recent budget to tackle impacts from the coronavirus outbreak.
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13 Mar 20
The Treasury has written to local authority finance officers to confirm a new discount rate for borrowing for housing spending from the Public Works Loan Board.
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12 Mar 20
The government risks retaliation from the US after confirming it will go ahead with its planned tax on internet giants such as Facebook and Google from April.
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12 Mar 20
Most doctors have been taken out of the pensions tax system that was blamed for NHS workforce shortages, in a Budget announcement.
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12 Mar 20
Another fundamental review of business rates has been announced by the Treasury.
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12 Mar 20
Local pension fund pool, the London Collective Investment Vehicle has launched a new sustainable equity exclusion fund.
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12 Mar 20
Engagement between neighbours has fallen over the past five years as investment in community services has declined, data has shown.
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11 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak has announced £5.2bn of capital spending on flood defences over six years, as part of a package of environmental measures in the Budget.
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11 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak hinted at a coming change to the government’s fiscal rule, promising to report back to parliament in the autumn after consulting with experts on how extra spending could boost the economy.
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11 Mar 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced plans to remove business rates for small businesses this year, as part of a £12bn package to tackle the economic impact of coronavirus.
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11 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak promised more than £600bn of infrastructure spending over the next five years in his first Budget as chancellor.
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11 Mar 20
Stephen Boyle was nominated as auditor general by members of the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon to replace Caroline Gardner, who has held the position for the last eight years, subject to...
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11 Mar 20
The government has announced plans to cut the Public Works Loan Board interest rate - but only after it has introduced measures to ban councils borrowing to invest in commercial property.
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10 Mar 20
MPs have launched an inquiry to establish exactly how much more money the social care sector needs to drag itself out of its “longstanding crisis”.
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10 Mar 20
Local authorities dived back into Public Works Loan Board borrowing this week after the interest rate on some loans dropped below 2% following the coronavirus outbreak.
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9 Mar 20
MPs and HM Revenue & Customs have found themselves in a standoff over the ‘loan charge’, a controversial result of the government closing a tax loophole that has left freelancers with mammoth...
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9 Mar 20
The “high quality” of the local government sector made the Municipal Bonds Agency’s first bond issuance possible despite turbulent financial markets, the agency’s chairman has told PF.
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9 Mar 20
The funding gap for local councils is estimated to be £1.4bn lower than previously forecast, according to research from the Local Government Association.
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9 Mar 20
The chancellor has announced plans to review the Treasury Green Book, as he prepares to give his first budget on Wednesday.
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9 Mar 20
Health secretary Matt Hancock has written to MPs and peers asking for their views on adult social reforms, as the government attempts to reach a cross-party consensus.
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6 Mar 20
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
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6 Mar 20
The Scottish Government is to press for greater borrowing powers to deal with the increasing fiscal risk arising from the devolution of tax and welfare powers, after it borrowed £200m to pay for next...
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.
13 Mar 20City of Edinburgh Council has allocated £2m of a £7.43m award from the Scottish Government’s recent budget to tackle impacts from the coronavirus outbreak.
13 Mar 20The Treasury has written to local authority finance officers to confirm a new discount rate for borrowing for housing spending from the Public Works Loan Board.
12 Mar 20The government risks retaliation from the US after confirming it will go ahead with its planned tax on internet giants such as Facebook and Google from April.
12 Mar 20Most doctors have been taken out of the pensions tax system that was blamed for NHS workforce shortages, in a Budget announcement.
12 Mar 20Another fundamental review of business rates has been announced by the Treasury.
12 Mar 20Local pension fund pool, the London Collective Investment Vehicle has launched a new sustainable equity exclusion fund.
12 Mar 20Engagement between neighbours has fallen over the past five years as investment in community services has declined, data has shown.
11 Mar 20Rishi Sunak has announced £5.2bn of capital spending on flood defences over six years, as part of a package of environmental measures in the Budget.
11 Mar 20Rishi Sunak hinted at a coming change to the government’s fiscal rule, promising to report back to parliament in the autumn after consulting with experts on how extra spending could boost the economy.
11 Mar 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced plans to remove business rates for small businesses this year, as part of a £12bn package to tackle the economic impact of coronavirus.
11 Mar 20Rishi Sunak promised more than £600bn of infrastructure spending over the next five years in his first Budget as chancellor.
11 Mar 20Stephen Boyle was nominated as auditor general by members of the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon to replace Caroline Gardner, who has held the position for the last eight years, subject to...
11 Mar 20The government has announced plans to cut the Public Works Loan Board interest rate - but only after it has introduced measures to ban councils borrowing to invest in commercial property.
10 Mar 20MPs have launched an inquiry to establish exactly how much more money the social care sector needs to drag itself out of its “longstanding crisis”.
10 Mar 20Local authorities dived back into Public Works Loan Board borrowing this week after the interest rate on some loans dropped below 2% following the coronavirus outbreak.
9 Mar 20MPs and HM Revenue & Customs have found themselves in a standoff over the ‘loan charge’, a controversial result of the government closing a tax loophole that has left freelancers with mammoth...
9 Mar 20The “high quality” of the local government sector made the Municipal Bonds Agency’s first bond issuance possible despite turbulent financial markets, the agency’s chairman has told PF.
9 Mar 20The funding gap for local councils is estimated to be £1.4bn lower than previously forecast, according to research from the Local Government Association.
9 Mar 20The chancellor has announced plans to review the Treasury Green Book, as he prepares to give his first budget on Wednesday.
9 Mar 20Health secretary Matt Hancock has written to MPs and peers asking for their views on adult social reforms, as the government attempts to reach a cross-party consensus.
6 Mar 20The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
6 Mar 20The Scottish Government is to press for greater borrowing powers to deal with the increasing fiscal risk arising from the devolution of tax and welfare powers, after it borrowed £200m to pay for next...
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