Search Results for “Local government” tagged budget

Teetering public services deserve much better

“It’s just a pity it’s taken a national crisis for the government to see the value of our public services and the need to invest in them properly. “Government […]

The unions – UNISON, GMB and Unite – are hoping to receive a pay offer from the local government employers next month. UNISON head of local government Heather Wakefield said: “Local […]

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“Years of wrecking ball austerity have left local services in a perilous state. It will take time and substantial investment for them to recover […]

Public meeting calls for local community to have the chance to consider proposals and suggest alternatives

With local government facing a huge funding gap it’s difficult to see how it will be any different this time. It's […]

“The government needs to take action in next week’s budget, ensure the pay cap is lifted and give public service […]

This was a budget that provided no new money for local government after a decade of vicious cuts (except a measly sum for social care that won't come close to ending […]

Cuts are not inevitable, especially in local government, which has been hit hard in recent years. Current government plans mean that between 2010/11 and […]

On three of the biggest issues of the day the Chancellor has tried and failed to claim that the government have solved the nation's problems. Three times he claimed he was taking action and making […]

The government claimed that reducing the top rate of income tax from 50p to 45p in 2013 wouldn’t cost the […]

The decision to increase business rates by CPI instead of RPI undermines the local government tax base and has long-term implications for funding, and there was precious little to lift the […]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a public sector pay freeze in the government’s spending review last week, backed up by some claims that need further analysis

“Families might be struggling, but people would rather have functioning local services than a few possible extra pounds in their pockets.  “Public services are the fabric […]