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Budget and Spending Review 2021: Sunak the taxman cometh

The UK faces its highest tax bill for 70 years under the government’s plans, according to the... Read more
Cyber security team prevents £1.7bn of benefit fraud

The Department for Work and Pensions’ Cyber Resilience Centre prevented £1.7bn of organised fraud... Read more
Crypto-fraud jumps during 2020

More than £146m has been lost to cryptocurrency fraud so far this year in the UK, according to... Read more
MPs: LGPS action on climate change hindered by some fund manager attitudes

Cautious attitudes among some investment funds and their managers are standing in the way of the... Read more
Local government calls for funds to achieve 'levelling up'

A coalition of local government organisations has called on the government to ensure that next week... Read more
Government undershoots deficit estimate

Borrowing by central government during the first half of 2021-22 was £43.4bn (28%) lower than... Read more
Authority dips into Covid-19 reserves to reduce capitalisation requirement

A council is to use £10.5m of reserves earmarked for tackling Covid-19 to slash the amount of... Read more
Bailey delivers another warning on interest rate rises

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has given another strong hint that interest rates could rise... Read more
IFS: Councils face new funding headache

English councils face a new funding gap of between £2.9bn and £4.5bn by 2025, according to new... Read more
Union to ballot members over 'insulting pay' offer

Public services union Unite is to ballot members in the first part of a process that could lead to... Read more

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