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  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Low government investment has made Britain poorer, says report

    UK suffering from state of infrastructure across health, transport and housing sectors, finds Resolution Foundation

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Hunt offers new funds for UK public sector pay deals

    Chancellor tells MPs Whitehall departments could ask for money from central government

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK Treasury to provide extra funding for NHS pay deal

    Hope that any resolution may aid other public sector settlements, but schools dispute still acrimonious

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    High Speed Two Ltd
    HS2 delay will increase costs, warns UK spending watchdog

    Rail line’s price tag has soared from £33bn a decade ago to as much as £100bn

  • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
    State pension
    Delay to UK state pension age rise risks costing £60bn, says think-tank

    Institute for Fiscal Studies points to ‘significant long-term challenges from ageing population’

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    UK government lifts ban on official contracts for Bain

    Global management consultancy had been barred in August due to its role in a South Africa corruption scandal

  • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
    Gus O'Donnell
    Charities will repay more policy attention, not just better funding

    We badly need to overcome the barriers between government, philanthropy and the not-for-profit sector

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Pay deal for NHS workers in England paves way to end strikes

    Trade unions representing nurses and other staff agree to recommend offer to members

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Paul Johnson
    The UK chancellor is caught in a dilemma, as his Budget shows

    Continuing to muddle through, massage the figures and implement bad policies will only make the problems worse

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A step in the right direction on UK growth

    Jeremy Hunt’s Budget will boost investment and the workforce, but the outlook remains subdued

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Martin Wolf
    Luck has given Jeremy Hunt some room for manoeuvre

    Severe structural weaknesses persist in the UK economy and his measures do too little to remove them

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    MPs demand details of Treasury ban on Gove’s Whitehall department spending

    House of Commons levelling-up committee requests explanation for doubts over ministry’s ability to deliver

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    Chancellor to offer nearly £1bn for new UK low-tax zones

    Treasury wants plan to drive economic growth but measures mark a striking scaling down of former PM’s vision

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    ExplainerUK Budget
    Five things to look out for in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget

    Chancellor expected to take steps to nurture economic growth as well as address cost of living crisis

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The UK chancellor’s fiscal conundrum

    Jeremy Hunt’s Budget must boost growth amid tight finances and political pressures

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Duncan Weldon
    Making UK fiscal policy dull again is only storing up trouble

    Jeremy Hunt’s determination to exorcise ghosts means Britain’s long-term problems will continue to go unaddressed

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Quarter of funds for UK levelling-up projects goes unspent

    Unused cash relates mostly to capital spending on housing or housing-related projects

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Inflation hits UK government pledge to build 40 new hospitals

    Officials debate which projects to freeze with NHS capital budget now facing a £2bn shortfall

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Hunt to use Budget to help UK households with energy bills

    Chancellor will not have room for big giveaways on March 15 because of new forecasts of weak economic outlook

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    Drug prices
    UK says drugmakers’ call for fixed-rate medicines tax ‘unaffordable’

    Health department says industry’s plan, published ahead of talks, would limit access to new medicines

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK employment
    UK council workers’ pay offer adds to pressure on ministers

    About 1.5mn low-paid local government employees offered wage uplift worth more than 20% over two years

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK public services
    UK public services need more cash to arrest further decline, says damning report

    Situation will be even harder for whoever wins next election, finds Institute for Government

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    Sunak weighs 5% public-sector pay offer to end waves of strikes

    Treasury receives unexpected £30bn boost to public finances and foresees ‘low risk’ of settlement setting benchmark

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The great British business investment problem

    UK plc needs a bold long-term plan to support capital spending

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    Chris Cook
    UK business needs to get the next wave of outsourcing right

    Ask not what your country can do for you but what your company can do for the country

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