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23 Apr 20
The Welsh government is making £33m available to councils to continue free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
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23 Apr 20
Government borrowing could reach as high as £300bn this year, due to the economic policies put in place to ease finances during the coronavirus pandemic, according to think-tank the Centre for Policy...
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23 Apr 20
Dundee City Council has warned that additional government funding to cover costs incurred as a result of the coronavirus crisis may not be sufficient.
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22 Apr 20
A group of more than 100 opposition politicians have called on the government to implement a universal basic income, in a bid to help ease finances post-coronavirus.
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21 Apr 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £1.25bn scheme to help start-up companies during the coronavirus pandemic.
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21 Apr 20
Economic output in Scotland could fall by a third as a result of measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest government commentary.
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21 Apr 20
The Public Accounts Committee has launched an inquiry into local authority investments in commercial properties.
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20 Apr 20
Second-home owners in England could receive a share of millions of pounds of government coronavirus grants, according to real estate adviser Altus Group.
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20 Apr 20
Local authorities are to receive an additional £1.6bn from central government to help deal with the immediate impacts of coronavirus.
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17 Apr 20
Government proposals to provide additional support to the adult social care sector in England have been met with a lukewarm response.
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17 Apr 20
The UK government has introduced new measures to give local authorities greater financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
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17 Apr 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has agreed an action plan with finance ministers of the G20 countries to help some of the world’s poorest nations.
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16 Apr 20
Economists have warned against the introduction of a universal basic income across Scotland as part of a knee-jerk reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.
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16 Apr 20
The UK government deficit could rise to as high as £260bn – about 12% of GDP – this financial year, as a result of the measures taken amid the coronavirus pandemic, economists at PwC have predicted.
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16 Apr 20
The UK government has given the green light for construction work to take place on HS2 during the coronavirus lockdown.
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15 Apr 20
The Office for Budget Responsibility has predicted UK GDP could fall by as much as 35% in the second quarter of this year, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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15 Apr 20
Radical reform of the tax system should take place during the coronavirus outbreak, the Institute for Government has argued in a new report.
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14 Apr 20
Social care workers in Scotland are set to receive an immediate 3.3% pay increase, backdated to 1 April – following negotiations around increasing their pay to the real living wage.
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14 Apr 20
Public services are to receive more than £14bn from the government’s emergency response fund, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
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9 Apr 20
The Treasury is set to extend its emergency overdraft from the Bank of England to help finance the fight against coronavirus.
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9 Apr 20
A London council has raised £80m for its capital investment programme through a private placement, beating the Public Works Loan Board rate despite the turbulent market disrupted by the coronavirus.
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9 Apr 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged a package of £750m to help charities with funding difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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9 Apr 20
Scottish GDP could contract by up to a quarter if coronavirus restrictions remain in place for three months, economists have warned.
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8 Apr 20
Blanket deferrals or non-payment of council tax could have a “serious effect” on council funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the County Councils Network.
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8 Apr 20
The UK government’s job retention scheme, aimed at saving jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, could cost up to three times the amount originally forecast, according to think-tank the Resolution...
23 Apr 20The Welsh government is making £33m available to councils to continue free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
23 Apr 20Government borrowing could reach as high as £300bn this year, due to the economic policies put in place to ease finances during the coronavirus pandemic, according to think-tank the Centre for Policy...
23 Apr 20Dundee City Council has warned that additional government funding to cover costs incurred as a result of the coronavirus crisis may not be sufficient.
22 Apr 20A group of more than 100 opposition politicians have called on the government to implement a universal basic income, in a bid to help ease finances post-coronavirus.
21 Apr 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £1.25bn scheme to help start-up companies during the coronavirus pandemic.
21 Apr 20Economic output in Scotland could fall by a third as a result of measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest government commentary.
21 Apr 20The Public Accounts Committee has launched an inquiry into local authority investments in commercial properties.
20 Apr 20Second-home owners in England could receive a share of millions of pounds of government coronavirus grants, according to real estate adviser Altus Group.
20 Apr 20Local authorities are to receive an additional £1.6bn from central government to help deal with the immediate impacts of coronavirus.
17 Apr 20Government proposals to provide additional support to the adult social care sector in England have been met with a lukewarm response.
17 Apr 20The UK government has introduced new measures to give local authorities greater financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
17 Apr 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has agreed an action plan with finance ministers of the G20 countries to help some of the world’s poorest nations.
16 Apr 20Economists have warned against the introduction of a universal basic income across Scotland as part of a knee-jerk reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.
16 Apr 20The UK government deficit could rise to as high as £260bn – about 12% of GDP – this financial year, as a result of the measures taken amid the coronavirus pandemic, economists at PwC have predicted.
16 Apr 20The UK government has given the green light for construction work to take place on HS2 during the coronavirus lockdown.
15 Apr 20Radical reform of the tax system should take place during the coronavirus outbreak, the Institute for Government has argued in a new report.
14 Apr 20Public services are to receive more than £14bn from the government’s emergency response fund, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
8 Apr 20Blanket deferrals or non-payment of council tax could have a “serious effect” on council funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the County Councils Network.
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