The Finance Minister had previously spelt out the dire consequences of overshooting the Executive’s budget in 2024/25.

It took just two words to confirm Manchester’s new chilling financial reality: The city has a £20m problem that ‘isn’t going ...

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has revealed that Reeves’s £9.9 billion fiscal headroom has ...

Derbyshire County Council has set a balanced budget with councillors agreeing how the authority will manage its finances for the year ahead.

Kent’s biggest and most beleaguered local authority agreed a balanced budget yesterday afternoon (February 13) – but its ...

Next Wednesday councillors will be asked to sign off the council’s budget for the new financial year, writes ​deputy leader ...

East Sussex County Council has agreed to spend £579.6 million on services in the next financial year but it warned council tax will rise to balance the books.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has exhausted the UK’s £9.9bn borrowing buffer, with economists warning she may be forced to raise ...

People in Fareham will see their council tax bills for the borough rise by the maximum amount from April. A Fareham Borough ...

the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). It comes after volatility in the UK Government bond market at the start of the year, which sent public sector borrowing costs soaring and led to fears ...