Plans to sharply lower the level of child poverty in Scotland will fail without significant investment from the Scottish government, experts have warned.
Local authorities in the most deprived areas of England have faced government cuts far outstripping those faced by the richest areas – a situation one council leader said needs to be reversed “for ‘...
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Soaring inflation is likely to put two-thirds of the government’s missions outlined in the Levelling Up White Paper at risk of failure, academics have warned.
The inflation crisis shows just how important ‘levelling up’ the UK should be to the government, former CIPFA president Mike Driver told the PF Live Scotland conference.
The government needs to come up with support that could offset the impact of rising inflation on high street retailers and their customers, according to a big four accounting firm and the Joseph...
The government is “playing catch up with inflation” and will need to rapidly step up its support package for households just to keep pace, although many people will still be much worse off, the...
Conservative leadership candidates risk missing the wider picture about the need to ‘level up’ the UK with their statements about tax cuts and shrinking the Whitehall wage bill, former education...
The Welsh government will give more than 500 people leaving care a guaranteed income of £1,600 per month for two years to help them along in their transition to adulthood.
Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 pushed nearly 100,000 65-year-olds into income poverty, leading to calls for more support for people in their 60s to find work.
An MP has asked the government for clarity on where ‘levelling up’ money is being distributed around the UK, suggesting the array of funding pots makes it “difficult, if not impossible” to see which...
