| | | PUBLIC FINANCE NEWSLETTER | 21 MAR 2016 |
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| Kerslake calls for “radical and far reaching” devolution | | | | The current range of devolution initiatives in the UK are “piecemeal and incoherent” former civil service chief Lord Kerslake has said. Publishing a report from a cross-party group set up to consider the future of the UK’s constitution, Kerslake called for a wider debate on how to better empower local areas and improve governance. | | | | NEWS |
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| IDS attacks Osborne’s fiscal plan as he quits the Cabinet | | | | Iain Duncan Smith has criticised the government’s deficit reduction strategy following his resignation as work and pensions secretary, accusing chancellor George Osborne of pursuing “fiscal self-imposed restraints” that were not in the national interest. | | | | NEWS | | |
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| The key questions for Osborne’s business rates plan | | There needs to be clarity on how reforms to take small firms out of business rates will affect councils. There is a risk the link between economic growth and increased local revenues will be broken, warns Alexandra Jones of Centre for Cities. | | | | OPINION | | |
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| Numbers Game, April 2016 | | Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures. | | | | ANALYSIS | | |
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