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HEALTH

Budget 2020: £5bn emergency fund to fight coronavirus

By William Eichler | 11 March 2020

The Government has promised to deliver a £5bn emergency fund to help manage the extra pressures t...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Budget 2020: Sunak announces 'record' £5bn broadband investment for hardest to reach areas

By Ann McGauran | 11 March 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced in the Budget a ‘record’ £5bn investment to get gigabit –c...

FINANCE

Plan to tackle £66.8m hike in cost of Birmingham Games scheme

By Ann McGauran | 11 March 2020

Birmingham City Council is reporting ‘substantial progress’ in the delivery of a regeneration sch...

FINANCE

Care crisis' answers are already out there

By Michael Burton | 11 March 2020

There have been enough reports on the future funding of social care to fill a Whitehall filing c...

FINANCE

The rising trend of inter-authority lending

By Andrew Burns | 11 March 2020

With a Treasury review of the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) underway, Andrew Burns looks at some...

FINANCE

To co-ordinate or not?

By Dan Corry | 11 March 2020

Dan Corry asks if the familiar struggle between Downing Street neighbours tells us something abou...

WHITEHALL

Budget set to have health at its heart

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2020

Rishi Sunak’s first Budget as chancellor will have health at its heart – but it is unclear if fun...

BUSINESS

Sustainability of 'Cinderella' audit market hard to achieve - review

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2020

The sustainability of the ‘Cinderella’ local government audit market will be ‘difficult to achiev...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Row over York chief departure

By Naomi Larsson | 10 March 2020

A row has erupted over the departure of York City Council’s chief executive.

FINANCE

Scottish ministers hit out at UK austerity

By Naomi Larsson | 09 March 2020

Scottish ministers have blamed UK austerity measures for the financial difficulties facing counci...