Budget, Tax and Economy
Office for Budget Responsibility chair Robert Chote tells government "this is not a time to be squeamish" about borrowing large sums.
We have got used to women picking up the pieces for our failing social infrastructure, writes Women's Budget Group director Mary-Ann Stephenson.
The funding system for English councils has been called 'unsustainable'.
Ten years after austerity measures were put in place in the UK, the government has finally reported a small budget surplus. The huge debts incurred after bailing out banks during the 2008 global financial crisis led to an emergency budget which massively reduced government spending. But homelessness, child poverty and reliance on food banks have increased. In this episode of The Breakdown By HuffPost, we explore if austerity measures were a temporary and necessary financial tool to bring the country back from the edge of bankruptcy, or a new mindset of how the government funds social spending like housing, welfare and schooling. If the employment rate is at a 44-year low, why are people doing so badly under austerity Britain?
The move could actually raise youth unemployment.
Potential Tory leadership candidate hails former colleagues for avoiding violent protests.
Experts warn amount of cash earmarked to minimise impact of EU exit could be halved.
From refuges to street lights, the impact of austerity hits women harder, researchers found.
Of the authorities which responded, 301 of 312 said they would increase rates.
What did Wales get in today’s desperate round of handouts? Not a single penny.