Thinktank says extra funding eaten up by higher inflation despite greater demand with service in poor state of repairSpending on the NHS in England has risen less quickly than the Conservatives promised at the last election...
Read MoreNiesr says current limits on government borrowing fail to stimulate growth and hinder net zero ambitionsThe next government will be forced to hit voters with post-election tax rises and delay net zero investment unless it is...
Read MoreExclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general electionSenior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a...
Read MoreHackney MP was not given chance to ask a question despite comments about her from Tory donor. This live blog is closedSpeaker fails to let Diane Abbott speak in PMQs debate on Tory donor’s remarksNusrat Ghani, a business...
Read MoreHackney MP was not given chance to ask a question despite comments about her from Tory donorNusrat Ghani, a business minister, has posted a message on X this morning saying zero tolerance of racism should be more than a...
Read MoreFormer prime minister will tell thinktank the Treasury is in danger of retreating into ‘comfort zone’Britain needs to be put on an economic “war footing” if it is to break out of a vicious cycle of low...
Read MoreChancellor’s £10bn national insurance cut funded by ‘non-dom’ tax breaks is final major economic intervention before electionPolitics live: latest news and reaction on UK budgetBudget: key points at a...
Read MoreChancellor’s expected pre-election gambit follows identical reduction in autumn statementJeremy Hunt has announced a 2p national insurance cut in his budget as a pre-election gambit to revive flatlining opinion poll...
Read MoreThe Treasury watchdog is seen by some Tories as a block to tax cuts – and could be ignored by Jeremy HuntIt has been described as a millstone around the chancellor’s neck and the reason Conservative MPs could be...
Read MoreChancellor says less room now for giveaway in March despite being widely thought to be gearing up for cutsThe chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has said there will be less room for tax cuts in the spring budget next month, just days...
Read MoreRichard Hughes criticises lack of information from government about public spending plansForecasts on the outlook for the public finances last year were beyond “a work of fiction”, the head of the Treasury’s...
Read MoreThe increased cost of borrowing has left the government with an £11bn annual shortfall, according to the IFSStudent loans in England are expected to cost the government an extra £11bn a year as a result of higher...
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