Staff shortages in the NHS and social care pose the “biggest risk to post-pandemic recovery” and health service funding needs to grow twice as fast as it has in the past decade, research has...
The government must take seriously ideas for tax devolution, including local income and tourist levies, to give councils in England more certainty over funding, according to MPs.
Technology giants will benefit from an effective “tax cut” in the UK if a global overhaul of corporation tax goes ahead as expected and replaces the existing digital services tax, according to a...
The level of fraud and error in benefit payments made in Northern Ireland rose again last financial year, leading to a spending watchdog issuing a qualified opinion.
Social care pressures saw some local authorities take “unorthodox measures” to balance their books, leading to a spike in upheld complaints last year, according to the sector's ombudsman.
The procurement department of an NHS trust which delivered a £6m Covid-19 hospital ward in just six weeks has scooped the grand prix at the 2021 Public Finance Awards.
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has been sanctioned by the Financial Reporting Council for failures in its audits of Patisserie Valerie before the café chain company collapsed, showing “a serious...
The government will take over day-to-day running of London and South Eastern Railway after the government sais that the company had failed to declare taxpayer funding.
External auditors for Warrington Borough Council are considering issuing a rare statutory recommendation in coming weeks over the way the authority has accounted for its investment properties.
A future Labour government would replace non-domestic rates with a fairer system to ease the burden on smaller high street firms, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced.
CIPFA has launched two new consultations on its Prudential Code and Treasury Management Code, focusing on commercial investment and officer training respectively.
Inflation could run above the Bank of England 2% target going into 2023, as supply shortages led to CPI spiking this year, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
Nottingham City Council members have been warned that the use of reserves to balance its budget this year “is not recommended”, after a forecast £11m gap emerged.
The government’s 'levelling up' ambitions will only be met if Whitehall releases its grip on power over infrastructure planning and reforms the funding system, according to its own infrastructure...
An administrative error at a London borough saw more than £700,000 of incorrect payments made to businesses and a social care provider, according to external auditors.
The government must develop a flexible long-term funding strategy if it is to meet its target of eliminating rough sleeping by 2024, according to experts.
A US company that supplies the UK food industry with carbon dioxide will receive “many millions” of pounds from the UK government to restart production and keep the sector supplied.
Historic state pension underpayments resulted from repeated human error, and will cost the government at least £1bn to correct, according to the National Audit Office.
The Treasury’s inaugural £10bn bond targeting investments in net zero projects, received more than £100bn of bids from the market, according to reports.
