The UK will be the hardest hit of the world’s advanced economies as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, according to analysis by the International Monetary Fund.
Local authorities across England are to receive an extra £41 million to cover the cost of new enforcement powers through the Renters’ Rights Act due to come into force next month.
Typical British households are likely to be £480 worse off this year due to rising energy prices arising from the war in Iran, the Resolution Foundation has warned.
If the SEND system overhaul is not properly funded, it risks “rationing support and shifting blame onto schools” instead of fixing the “broken system”, parliament’s education committee has heard.
Policymakers have based decisions in response to UK household wealth on flawed pension data, with changes to methodologies and inconsistencies making it difficult to get a clear picture of...
Increasing defence spending to meet the NATO target in the next decade comes with “difficult budgetary trade-offs” and only limited economic returns, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
English councils are facing rising external debt and a fall in usable reserves following a 4.1% real-terms increase in spending on social care by local authorities in the past year, analysis has...
Interest rates on some student loans will be capped to protect graduates from inflation-tracking hikes, should prices rise as a result of conflict in the Middle East.
The establishment of the Fair Work Agency is an important step towards better enforcement of employment rights, the Resolution Foundation has said, but the government must give it more powers and...
More local powers for contactless travel underpin the government’s national transport strategy, which is calling for tap-and-go travel to be rolled out across England to make travel options...
Poorer households across the UK will bear the brunt of rises in energy and fuel prices, which could see their inflation rates almost a percentage point higher than the top earning households by the...
The long-term impact of changes to universal credit due to take effect next week will see new claimants lose out by thousands of pounds, in a move likely to affect millions of people, according to...
The Local Government Pension Scheme has performed well through a period of exceptional economic uncertainty but a rise in scheme assets is not in itself a meaningful measure of funding strength,...
A new statutory duty for councils to prepare cultural strategies every five years could soon be coming, after the government said it will accept every recommendation made by the Hodge Review into...
Artificial intelligence could slash routine administration, free up time for higher-value work and help redesign public services around the public – but only with access to the right technologies,...
CIPFA and the International Federation of Accountants have said their latest international framework for good governance in the public sector offers more practical and action-oriented advice.
Inadequate digital leadership and fragmented data are thwarting efforts to tackle fraud and error across government, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
The OECD has slashed its UK growth forecast and flagged the biggest inflation revision among major economies, as the US and Israel’s war on Iran sends energy prices up.
The first wave of local government reorganisation decisions has divided opinion, after many of the new councils fell below the government’s previously stated 500,000 population threshold criteria.
Council tax across England and Wales is expected to increase by an average of 4.9% in the coming year, which while above inflation will not mean revenue keeps up with spending pressure, CIPFA...
