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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to set formal timetables and allow more scrutiny of fiscal events (Victoria Jones / PA)

Serial leaking of spending policies risks eroding public trust, think tank warns

April 23, 2021

Cuts to the Government’s foreign aid budget represent a ‘tragic blow’ for many of the world’s most at-risk communities, hundreds of UK charities have said in a joint statement (Stefan Wermuth/PA)

Charities call UK aid cuts ‘a tragic blow for world’s most marginalised’

April 22, 2021

The RCP is calling on the Government to inject £43 million into public health funding for councils (Ian West/PA)

Cuts to addiction services ‘could condemn young people to life of dependence’

March 29, 2021

There were £4 billion of extra cuts to public spending in the Chancellor’s Budget, according to the IFS (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor)

Public services may face ‘sharp dose of austerity’ due to £4bn Budget hole – IFS

March 18, 2021

The budget passed on the back of deals with the Scottish Greens and Lib Dems (Jane Barlow/PA)

Scottish budget to ‘help put country on road to recovery’ passes

March 9, 2021

George Osborne was chancellor in the coalition government (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Osborne warning to Sunak over corporation tax hike

March 9, 2021

Britons have been encouraged to return to pubs again when it is safe (Yui Mok/PA)

Holiday at home and go to pub after lockdown, MPs urge Britons

March 8, 2021

Rishi Sunak’s Budget has been picked over by MPs asking questions of the OBR at the Treasury Select Committee (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

‘Significant risks’ over lack of post-Covid spending plans – OBR warns

March 8, 2021

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said she hopes all parties would vote to support the Scottish budget at its final stage on Tuesday (Robert Perry/PA)

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes calls for cross-party support on final budget vote

March 7, 2021

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said a newly-qualified nurse could be £307 worse off due to the Budget (Victoria Jones/PA)

New nurses will be £300 worse off because of the Budget – Labour

March 6, 2021

Consumer and banking figures have warned that increasing the contactless payment spending limit could fuel a rise in thefts and fraud (Barclaycard/PA)

Contactless payment increase ‘could see rise in crime’

March 5, 2021