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19 Aug 20
NHS leader’s have called on prime minister Boris Johnson to honour his promise to fix the social care sector and put the service on a sustainable footing.
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19 Aug 20
Councils lack the necessary reserves to meet the £2bn shortfall local authorities still face from the impact of Covid-19, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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18 Aug 20
The NHS is set to spend up to £10bn on outsourcing outpatients care and treatments, in a bid to reduce waiting times impacted by Covid-19.
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17 Aug 20
Unite members have rejected a proposed 2.75% pay increase for council workers for 2020-21, which the union called “unsatisfactory and insulting”.
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17 Aug 20
Local authorities in Wales are set to receive an additional £260m in funding from Welsh Government, to help cover the increased costs resulting from Covid-19.
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14 Aug 20
Public bodies need to ensure they possess appropriate commercial skills before embarking on payment-by-results contracts, according to new CIPFA guidance.
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14 Aug 20
A care leader has voiced disappointment that a government pledge of £300m to help the NHS prepare for winter has not been matched by similar funding for care homes.
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13 Aug 20
Trade bodies representing the renewables industry has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak requesting a package of tax measures to help the sector.
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13 Aug 20
Nottingham City Council’s strategic director of finance raised concerns over the quality of information provided by a standalone energy company which has made £34.4m of losses, according to auditors.
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12 Aug 20
The recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the biggest fall in the UK's quarterly gross domestic product since records began, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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11 Aug 20
Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
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10 Aug 20
Thousands of new nurses will be trained in the next few years, the government has said while announcing £172m of funding for apprenticeship schemes, but experts in the field have warned that plans do...
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10 Aug 20
Nearly £300m of funding for public transport has been announced by the government as it hopes to get people back to work and education following the easing of lockdown measures.
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7 Aug 20
The Scottish government will move forward its review of its fiscal framework forward a year, in a bid to help the country’s recovery from Covid-19.
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7 Aug 20
The government is set to spend £335m on a new system for moving goods into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
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7 Aug 20
The public sector in the UK mandates high ethical standards from those who work within it, and for those working directly with taxpayers’ money in particular.
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7 Aug 20
A cyber-attack in February cost Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council more than £10m, a report has revealed.
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6 Aug 20
Councils could speed up infrastructure and affordable housing delivery by borrowing against its proposed new infrastructure levy according to the government’s consultation on planning reform.
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6 Aug 20
Proposed planning reforms announced today could raise more money for affordable homes and infrastructure by replacing the current system of developer contributions, according to the government.
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6 Aug 20
Cornwall Council is to become the first council in England to pass on government funding and provide financial support for parish and town councils impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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6 Aug 20
The Bank of England will continue to review the potential of negative interest rates, to help stimulate the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19, it said today.
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5 Aug 20
A reported proposal to raise business rates for the most valuable properties has the potential to be hugely unfair, Savills has warned.
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5 Aug 20
Local public bodies borrowed £187.2m last month from the Public Works Loan Board, almost a 50% rise on £125.6m borrowed from the board in June.
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4 Aug 20
Bristol City Council has relaunched a tender for a partnership deal to help with the decarbonisation of energy in the city, after the initial process was criticised by bidders.
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4 Aug 20
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has promised to lobby the Treasury “very strongly” to ensure councils receive the funding they need at the Comprehensive Spending Review.
19 Aug 20NHS leader’s have called on prime minister Boris Johnson to honour his promise to fix the social care sector and put the service on a sustainable footing.
19 Aug 20Councils lack the necessary reserves to meet the £2bn shortfall local authorities still face from the impact of Covid-19, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
18 Aug 20The NHS is set to spend up to £10bn on outsourcing outpatients care and treatments, in a bid to reduce waiting times impacted by Covid-19.
17 Aug 20Unite members have rejected a proposed 2.75% pay increase for council workers for 2020-21, which the union called “unsatisfactory and insulting”.
17 Aug 20Local authorities in Wales are set to receive an additional £260m in funding from Welsh Government, to help cover the increased costs resulting from Covid-19.
14 Aug 20Public bodies need to ensure they possess appropriate commercial skills before embarking on payment-by-results contracts, according to new CIPFA guidance.
13 Aug 20Trade bodies representing the renewables industry has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak requesting a package of tax measures to help the sector.
13 Aug 20Nottingham City Council’s strategic director of finance raised concerns over the quality of information provided by a standalone energy company which has made £34.4m of losses, according to auditors.
12 Aug 20The recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the biggest fall in the UK's quarterly gross domestic product since records began, according to the Office for National Statistics.
11 Aug 20Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
10 Aug 20Thousands of new nurses will be trained in the next few years, the government has said while announcing £172m of funding for apprenticeship schemes, but experts in the field have warned that plans do...
10 Aug 20Nearly £300m of funding for public transport has been announced by the government as it hopes to get people back to work and education following the easing of lockdown measures.
7 Aug 20The Scottish government will move forward its review of its fiscal framework forward a year, in a bid to help the country’s recovery from Covid-19.
7 Aug 20The government is set to spend £335m on a new system for moving goods into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
7 Aug 20The public sector in the UK mandates high ethical standards from those who work within it, and for those working directly with taxpayers’ money in particular.
7 Aug 20A cyber-attack in February cost Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council more than £10m, a report has revealed.
6 Aug 20Councils could speed up infrastructure and affordable housing delivery by borrowing against its proposed new infrastructure levy according to the government’s consultation on planning reform.
6 Aug 20Proposed planning reforms announced today could raise more money for affordable homes and infrastructure by replacing the current system of developer contributions, according to the government.
6 Aug 20Cornwall Council is to become the first council in England to pass on government funding and provide financial support for parish and town councils impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
6 Aug 20The Bank of England will continue to review the potential of negative interest rates, to help stimulate the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19, it said today.
5 Aug 20A reported proposal to raise business rates for the most valuable properties has the potential to be hugely unfair, Savills has warned.
5 Aug 20Local public bodies borrowed £187.2m last month from the Public Works Loan Board, almost a 50% rise on £125.6m borrowed from the board in June.
4 Aug 20Bristol City Council has relaunched a tender for a partnership deal to help with the decarbonisation of energy in the city, after the initial process was criticised by bidders.
4 Aug 20Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has promised to lobby the Treasury “very strongly” to ensure councils receive the funding they need at the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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