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  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Transport for London
    Transport for London sets out £15.8bn long-term funding demands

    Capital seeks £3.1bn package for 2021/22, £1.5bn for following year and £1.6bn annually for 2023-30

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    UK local government finance
    Croydon bankruptcy offers cautionary tale for cash-strapped councils

    London borough’s £1.5bn debt plight points to wider crisis in UK local government

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK spending on Covid vaccines hits nearly £12bn, watchdog says

    Cost does not cover future multiyear programmes for jabs, National Audit Office says

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Dominic Cummings awarded 40% pay hike last year

    Prime minister’s former chief adviser saw salary rise despite public sector freeze

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Boris Johnson hints at tax cuts to boost Covid-hit UK business

    PM’s social media session highlights potential tensions to come between No 10 and chancellor over national finances

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Rail
    Budget to upgrade Britain’s railways cut by £1bn

    Executives say it is unclear which projects will now be cancelled

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Crossrail Ltd
    London’s Crossrail project boosted by £825m government loan

    New east-west rail line in the capital is running £4bn overbudget and almost four years late

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Gus O'Donnell
    Wellbeing is a good basis for resetting UK government policies

    Physical and mental problems need to be tackled together to overcome inequalities made worse by Covid-19

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK’s high Covid spending delivers worse outcomes than peers

    Britain languishes near bottom of G7 tables for economic performance and deaths caused by the virus

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Camilla Cavendish
    The Tories cannot avoid the tax question forever

    Despite an ‘economic emergency’ the UK government is largely sticking to its pre-Covid manifesto

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out raising income tax, VAT or national insurance

    Increases in these big money-raising taxes would breach Tory election pledge

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    UK Spending Review: There is no fiscal emergency Premium

    The chancellor could have done more to dispel worries about public finances

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Funding pledges produce winners and losers with a squeeze looming

    Money found for UK defence, schools, hospitals and police but overseas aid and local government feel pain

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK spending review
    Sunak warns of ‘economic emergency’ as borrowing hits record £394bn

    Chancellor sets out spending plans amid 11.3% fall in GDP, the biggest contraction in 300 years

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    News in-depthUK spending review
    Gruesome UK forecasts lay bare cost of coronavirus crisis

    OBR fiscal watchdog flags tough choices facing Sunak on stabilising public finances

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    National Health Service
    Sunak falls short on meeting healthcare needs, experts say

    Government urged to continue to honour promise to give NHS whatever it needs to fight Covid-19 pandemic

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK regional policy
    Rishi Sunak launches £4bn fund to bridge regional inequality

    Levelling-up plan welcomed by northern Tory MPs but criticised by Labour for centralising decision-making

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Counting the cost of Britain’s battle with the virus

    Rishi Sunak has to start preparing the country for fiscal adjustment

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Dominic Raab
    Dominic Raab: Targeted foreign aid remains a UK priority

    Despite cuts, Britain will fund fight against disease and climate change and help get girls into school

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK spending review
    UK spending review 2020: the chancellor’s speech in full

    Rishi Sunak’s statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Scramble to secure PPE cost UK taxpayer extra £10bn

    Watchdog report finds England went into pandemic with inadequate supplies of protective equipment

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    UK spending review
    Sunak to set out £4.3bn plan to tackle threat of mass unemployment

    UK chancellor will use spending review to outline new measures to save jobs

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Q&A: Should the chancellor do more to support entrepreneurs?

    Experts answer your questions on proposals to help limited company directors

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    Business groups call on Johnson to rethink overseas aid cuts

    Sunak expected to announce temporary reduction to 0.5% of GDP in spending review

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    UK public finances
    UK spending review: five things to watch
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