The next government has been urged to launch a one-year spending review within its first few weeks to avoid a damaging cliff edge at the end of the year.
The UK economy will grow more slowly than any other advanced economy next year, the OECD has warned in a downbeat assessment of the nation’s prospects.
Social care visa applications have plummeted since the introduction of a ban on overseas workers bringing dependants into the UK, according to the latest figures.
Collaboration is driving decarbonisation across the public and private sectors, a minister has said as the Net Zero Council reached its first anniversary.
Robustly analysing climate risks will be critical if local government pension scheme funds are to withstand intensifying regulatory pressure, local authorities have been told.
An ambitious expansion in free childcare for working parents may not represent value for money, and could undermine wider socio-economic objectives, the national spending watchdog has warned.
Scotland saw higher net migration from elsewhere in the UK after adopting a more progressive income tax system – but it could have been higher still without that divergence, according to the latest...
The government has been accused of economic illiteracy for failing to allow councils to use 100% of right-to-buy proceeds to improve the availability of social housing.
The UK will be forced to raise taxes if its public spending levels continue to match those of other developed nations, according to the latest international analysis.
Scotland’s devolved benefits are to come under the scrutiny of the national spending watchdog, which warned that growing expenditure on health and social security will intensify financial pressure on...
