Charity warns on rise in emergency food aid

 

If you can't see the Public Finance Daily email below click here to view the web version   News and comment from Public Finance - the official magazine of CIPFA   16 April 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Charity warns on rise in emergency food aid The coalition’s welfare reforms are driving a three-fold increase in the number of people who require emergency food aid, a charity has warned. The Trussell Trust published details of the number of people using food banks as it stepped up its campaign for the government to back an inquiry on the rise of hunger in the UK...       News Unemployment falls below 7% The unemployment rate fell to 6.9% in the three months to February, the first time it has dipped below 7% since the recession hit in 2009, according to official figures... Coalition backs powers for Scottish island councils Scotland’s island councils look certain to win increased autonomy from Holyrood regardless of the outcome of the independence referendum, after remarks by Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael... Confidence in NHS finances dipping, says King’s Fund A financial crisis in the NHS is drawing closer, with one in eight trusts and clinical commissioning groups likely to have overspent their budgets for the year just ended, the King’s Fund has said... Our Place neighbourhood budgets rolled out further More than 120 communities are to be given greater control over local public services as part of an expansion of the government’s neighbourhood Community Budgets scheme... More news     Public Finance International Development funding ‘should focus on infrastructure’ Measures to channel financial investment to developing countries should focus on infrastructure, employment and reducing extreme poverty, the United Nations deputy secretary-general has urged... More international news     Opinion NHS: the new deficit normal, by Richard Murray NHS trusts are sinking ever deeper into debt, and the financial prognosis is gloomy. What happens when the cash runs out? Don’t forget disabled people, by Ellie Brawn New figures suggest that the cost-of-living crisis may be easing. But this is not the case for disabled people who face lower incomes, higher costs and diminishing support... More opinion     Interim FD NHS Hudson         £500 - £650 per day Senior Finance & Administration Supervisor (SO1) RB Greenwich £26,664 including London Weighting  Financial Accountant Team Leader Reed Finance  £30,000 - £35,000 pa Deputy Section 151 (Head of Finance) Lichfield District Council  £38,422 - £42,032 pa More public finance jobs Jobs: South East Jobs: North West Jobs: East Mid. Jobs: West Mid. More regions CIPFA Publications Events     Click here to unsubscribe from this email