Ministers’ swift handling of the financial crash was applauded at the time. But, with the latest economic data making unhappy reading, does this goodwill need revising, asks David Williams
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has criticised all three major parties for failing to come clean on the full extent of public spending cuts that are being planned for the next Parliament
Public spending in Scotland might not return to pre-recession levels for another 15 years, the chief economic adviser to the Holyrood government has warned
Campaigners have called for further taxes on banks to help plug the public deficit as it emerged that proposals from the International Monetary Fund would have little impact
Work and welfare policy took centre stage in the general election campaign this week, as official statistics showed that unemployment was on the rise again.
Never mind a double-dip recession. Many regions and sectors in the UK are already facing a double economic whammy. In the second of their mini-series, Roger Latham and Malcolm Prowle argue that...
Economists have said detailed financial plans in the Liberal Democrat manifesto do not give a complete enough picture of what they would do if they formed the next government.
Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru has made its pitch for the general election, claiming to be the only party that would protect public services in Wales.
National Insurance policy remains the main economic dividing line between Labour and the Conservatives after both parties published election manifestos short on public spending detail
Forecasts of an unprecedented £3bn cut in Scottish public services over the next three years are unreliable, an expert on public finance has told a budget review panel
Figures hailed by the government as ‘vindicating’ its efforts to tackle the recession should be treated with caution, a leading economist has told Public Finance.
Public sector ‘fat cats’ are the latest target of attacks as the financial crisis continues. Could independent remuneration committees restore faith in senior staff pay? Duncan Brown reports
The government now owns billions of pounds worth of banks in the UK, which it will have to restore to the private sector at some point. But when, how and what should the taxpayer get back? PF...
Chancellor Alistair Darling declined to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits payments this morning after pressure from MPs to explain how he plans to bring down the fiscal deficit
The public sector has been left in the dark as to the expected squeeze in finances after Chancellor Alistair Darling delivered a Budget that was light on economic detail and heavy on pre-election...
Whitehall departments have set out how they plan to achieve the government’s efficiency target of £11bn a year by the end of the next Spending Review period.
