Chancellor Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from a post Covid-19 tax raid on higher earners, as he insisted the UK tax system is already “very progressive”.
Some funding streams available to help local authorities in England fund energy-efficient initiatives are actively working against reducing emissions, a local government network organisation said.
A ‘levelling up’ white paper will be published later this year with the aim of clarifying the government’s agenda and ensuring public spending organisations are able to drive “meaningful change”.
The London Borough of Barnet’s internal audit team has found the council failed to hold accurate records of higher-value procurement contracts, against the authority’s procurement policy.
A government programme hoped to address long-term problems facing the UK economy is too focused on how much it spends, rather than the results it achieves, MPs have said.
A council acted unlawfully by refusing a resident access to thousands of financial documents on the grounds it would have taken five weeks of staff time, a court has ruled.
London Borough of Newham has been granted permission to appeal a High Court decision which rejected its claim against Barclays Bank over historic Lender Option Borrower Option loans.
A local government pension scheme has invested a further £50m into a London-focused investment fund it created to finance home-building in the capital.
Manifestos from Scotland’s largest parties do not honestly reckon with the devolved government’s likely financial situation in the coming years, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies researchers.
The government’s “arbitrary” fiscal rules are not fit for purpose and should be replaced by a more flexible framework, according to a leading research institute.
Government officials are monitoring the situation at City of York Council after auditors found it overpaid severance and sick pay to a former chief executive amid threats of tribunal claims.
Former prime minister David Cameron “quite persistently” lobbied Treasury officials to allow now-defunct Greensill Capital to access government Covid-19 support, according to the department's top...
Emergency coronavirus contracts totalling £3.7bn raised “red flags” meriting further investigation, according to advocacy group Transparency International.
Some deprived areas missed out Levelling Up Fund prioritisation because they have better transport links – not for political reasons – according to chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
Demands to increase spending after a decade of austerity could limit the UK government’s ability to improve public finances, ratings agency Moody’s has warned.
