Local authorities can collectively borrow £1.5bn to plug budget gaps caused by underfundingA record 30 English local authorities have been granted effective “bailouts” enabling them to borrow money to avoid...
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Read MoreRichard Adams reports on the Send funding cliff edge affecting children and their developmentViolet in north London is six years old and loves butterflies and moths. She’s autistic with speech and language difficulties and...
Read MoreMinisters will also consider local authority requests to raise council tax above threshold on case-by-case basisMinisters have said they will redirect cash from wealthy areas to England’s most deprived town and cities,...
Read MoreExclusive: Researchers who studied babies in Scotland believe cuts to benefits and services are linked to riseThe introduction of UK austerity policies has been associated with a striking increase in the number of babies in...
Read MoreResolution Foundation says overspend chancellor claims she inherited will persist unless tough choices are madeReeves spends first 100 days in power trying to ride two horsesLabour weighs £3bn tax rise on gambling...
Read MoreThinktank says tax increases in budget will be necessary even if Rachel Reeves changes fiscal rulesWill Rachel Reeves’s rules on debt and spending survive the budget?Keir Starmer’s promise to end austerity and...
Read MoreRosie Duffield latest MP to voice concerns as she reveals letters from cancer patients worried about keeping warmLabour ministers reveal grave concerns about winter fuel payment cutThe Labour MP Rosie Duffield says scrapping the...
Read MoreFirst minister complains of ‘same Tory cuts agenda’ in effort to shift blame for his own government’s budget problemsJohn Swinney has accused Labour of “intensifying” austerity as his ministers...
Read MoreThurrock, which declared effective bankruptcy in 2022, claims Dubai-based Liam Kavanagh bought yacht and jetA debt-ridden English council has alleged in a high court lawsuit that a Dubai-based businessman misused £150m of...
Read MoreThe deputy PM is to announce new rules to boost affordable homes as a £20bn shortfall in UK public finances is revealed• Angela Rayner: Labour’s radical housing plan will be smart, tailored and strategicA...
Read MoreDavid Cameron, George Osborne and Matt Hancock to face criticism about priorities in years running up to pandemicThe impact of austerity and Brexit on the UK’s readiness for Covid will be spelt out at noon on Thursday when...
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