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    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      UK infrastructure
      Crumbling concrete sparks international debate on peculiarly British problem

      Experts look at British construction methods as issues with Raac in public buildings not reported in other countries

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Stephen Parkinson appointed UK director of public prosecutions

      Attorney-general praises ‘stellar’ career of veteran defence lawyer

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    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      UK government spending
      Funding UK public sector pay rises will leave tough choices, experts warn

      Short-term solutions will exacerbate challenges at departmental spending settlement after next election

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    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      UK politics
      Hunt orders ministers to find £2bn savings for public sector pay rises

      Chancellor wants to offer about 6% without having to increase UK borrowing

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    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
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      Adapting the NHS to the needs of a new era

      At 75, Britain’s feted health service is struggling to cope with demand

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    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      UK politics
      Rishi Sunak defends possible curbs on UK public sector pay

      Unions condemn PM’s comments that he may disregard recommendations of independent review bodies

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    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
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      Shift in government spending has cut UK inequality, study finds

      IFS says increase in health provision, wider access to education and introduction of university fees is behind change

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    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
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      Reduced immigration demands do not align with realities of low funding

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    • 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

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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      OutlookJennifer Williams
      Time is money and it’s being wasted in the north

      Improved transport is vital if the UK chancellor’s ‘Canary Wharf’ investment zones are to succeed

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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
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      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

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    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      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

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    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      English colleges face funding hit after ban on commercial loans

      Further education now covered by strict lending limits after being reclassified as part of public sector

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    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
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      Warning that Scotland faces ‘four difficult years’ of weak growth

      Deputy first minister says Holyrood may have to cut to public-sector jobs and spending

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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

      Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

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    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
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      The NHS needs a no-taboos review

      Structure and funding of the UK health system should be re-examined for a new era

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    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
      Britain’s winter of discontent is the inevitable result of austerity

      A decade of Tory spending cuts left the country vulnerable to the external shocks of the past two years

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    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      Can the UK government afford to increase public sector pay?

      Prime minister claims offers are ‘fair’ but experts say £28bn estimate on cost of big rises is misleading

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    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      UK employment
      UK private sector wage growth accelerates

      Pay rose 6.9% in three months to October but fell in real terms because of inflation

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    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      Martin Wolf
      The UK government’s policy on public sector pay is foolish

      Letting inflation reduce real wages while expecting services to be maintained is dishonest

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    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      Backlog Britain: How public sector delays spiralled to record levels

      Pandemic pressures combined with long-term cuts have left vital services under chronic strain

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    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      UK government spending
      Hunt plans post-election squeeze on spending with ‘Austerity 2.0’

      Day-to-day spending on public services to be frozen in real terms for three years from 2025

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    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      Hunt still has a fiscal hole to fill, but Britain’s fabric is fraying

      After a decade of austerity, public services are not an easy target to cut

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    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
      James Kirkup
      Public services will wither unless the UK makes hard tax choices

      The Truss camp’s calls to ‘roll back the frontiers of the state’ invite the question: to where?

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Free LunchChris Cook
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      Don’t try to tame price rises by using public services as an anchor

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