"The near-term economic downturn is set to be shorter and shallower; medium-term output to be higher; and the budget deficit and public debt to be lower. But this reverses only part of the costs of the energy crisis, which are being felt on top of larger costs from the pandemic. And ...
What the UK government will now want to do in this transition time is to gain an audience with Trump and his team to press the UK and European interests. However, there is an acknowledgement too within the government that it is now even more pressing for European allies to increase defence...
The investment could push the UK's budget deficit past the 300 billion pound ($376 billion) mark, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The figure, which is unprecedented in British peacetime history, is a far cry from previous Conservative Party agendas, ...
Territorial government ministries oversaw aspects of public administration in Scotland and Wales. The foregoing third-sector data need to be viewed in the context of the population of each polity: England, 53 million; Scotland 5.25 million; Wales 3.1 million; Northern Ireland 1.8 Million (Circa Apr...
A Public Accounts Committeereportfrom April 2023 suggested that the government approached its Equipment Plan – which suffers a £17bn ($22bn)deficit– with an “optimism bias.” It was found that there was a 21-year delay across 13 programmes. Last year’s assessment prompted the...
Chinese students represent a substantial portion of the UK university student population, with most of them being postgraduates. However, whilst the UK rem
It is universally agreed that the UK needs to reduce its budget deficit and lower government debt to GDP ratio. Both are unsustainable and, unless corrected, will damage the economy in the long run. The debate is not about the need for fiscal adjustment, but about the timing, speed and ...
UK government looks at ending Gove ban on councils opening new schools Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says Tories had ‘tunnel vision’ about promoting academies Save November 8 2024 Private schools ‘using the system’ to get extra time in exams in England Widening gap with state sector...
Sorry, but it’s time to start caring about Local Government Pension Schemes And we have the charts to prove it July 31 2024 UK housebuilding Ministers push for more housing in northern England and Tory shires Councils will not be able to reject developments on grounds of being ‘out of ch...
rein in the country’s deficit. The vote also triggered the collapse of the government. It’s the first time that’s happened in France since 1962. President Emmanuel Macron will now have to select a new prime minister. And with such a divided parliament, that will definitely be difficult....