Chancellor could slash departmental spending in spring after ruling out tax increase, officials revealRachel Reeves is considering imposing steeper cuts to public services to repair the government’s finances after a...
Read MoreExclusive: Sources say there is belief that service has become too big after growing during Brexit and pandemic yearsMinisters are planning to cut more than 10,000 civil service jobs as Whitehall departments battle to stay...
Read MoreUnion group urges chancellor to better fund health, social care and childcare to get staff back to work and boost productivityUK businesses are losing staff working time because of waits for healthcare or caring duties due to...
Read MoreSurvey finds one in 10 have discussed emergency support with government amid funding gap of over £2bn next yearOne in four English councils could go bankrupt unless they are bailed out by the government in the next two...
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 MoreSome councils are already spending up to 80% of their budget on social care and say costs are rising and increasingly unsustainableThe spiralling cost of social services is eating into the budgets of England’s largest...
Read MorePaul Nowak welcomes government’s ‘crucial first step’ on pay, but says more needs to be done after 14 years of wage declineThe government should award public sector workers “entirely legitimate” pay...
Read MoreSurvey of 24 city authorities finds two in five plan to sell off assets and reduce servicesLocal authority leaders say they are having to drain their financial reserves to keep services afloat and avoid effective bankruptcy.A...
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 MoreThe chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has claimed that a £22bn shortfall in the public finances was “covered up” by the Conservative government. Larry Elliott reportsOn Monday, Rachel Reeves stood in front of a packed...
Read MoreHospital and road projects also targeted as chancellor accuses Tories of covering up scale of fiscal shortfallUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has scrapped the social care cap and curbed winter fuel payments,...
Read MoreChancellor’s unfunded proposal would be ‘work of many parliaments’ and depended on growth of economyJeremy Hunt has admitted his unfunded proposal to scrap employee national insurance could take more than a...
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