The NHS will need to continue to derive value from costly infrastructure investments made during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers.
Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the UK’s credit rating for the third time in eight years, citing factors including a deterioration in the quality of the government’s fiscal decision-making.
HMRC needs to make fundamental changes to how it collects tax, as compliance is expected to drop as a result of Covid-19, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
Reading Borough Council is to its delay planned commercial investment strategy, valued at £180m over the next three years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Payment errors and benefit fraud hit their highest-ever level in 2019-2020, prior to the full coronavirus lockdown, according to a National Audit Office report into the Department for Work and...
An ambitious IT system for health boards and local authorities in Wales is taking longer to roll out and more “costly than expected”, according to Audit Wales.
Liverpool City Region is to launch a £10m emergency fund in a bid to protect hospitality and leisure businesses from the economic impact of new Covid-19 restrictions.
The UK government will need to get record debt in relation to GDP onto a “downward path” once the economy has recovered from Covid-19, according to the OECD.
The Welsh spending watchdog has warned councils of a significant increase in risk from fraud due to Covid-19, after uncovering £8m of fraud or overpayment over the past two years.
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has invited councils in Somerset, North Yorkshire and Cumbria to submit proposals for unitary authorities.
The UK local authority sector could see a future downgrade to its credit rating if a sustained recession leads to further spending cuts, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
Spelthorne Borough Council has denied that its property investment strategy is unlawful after reports that auditors have raised material concerns over some of its purchases.
The government will face some tough choices on benefit reforms following record applications, with some aspects of the system already “ripe for reform”, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
