TUC: welfare reforms ‘hit working households hardest’

 

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   22 August 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         TUC: welfare reforms 'hit working families hardest' The government’s welfare reforms have hit working families twice as much as those out of work, an analysis for the Trades Union Congress has found. General secretary Frances O’Grady said this showed the government had already failed Prime Minister David Cameron’s ‘family test’ to examine the impact of policies on family units...       News Ten-year plan ‘needed to transform sink estates’ Policy Exchange has encouraged politicians from all parties to develop a plan to improve the condition of Britain’s social housing estates. The think-tank said decades of neglect had led to social problems... Borrowing up £9bn in first four months of 2014/15 Public sector borrowing in the first four months of the financial year was more than £9bn higher than the same period in 2013/14, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed... Devolved governments 'getting blame for bad service' Devolved administrations in the nations and regions of the UK are increasingly getting the blame when public services go wrong, but Whitehall still carries the can where division of power is murky, a survey has found... Looked-after children spending 'varies by region' Councils’ spending on looked-after children rose by 4% in the four years to the end of 2013/13, despite a 12% increase in the number of children they are responsible for over the same period, Audit Commission figures have revealed... More news     Public Finance International IMF urges Ecuador to moderate public spending Ecuador must restrain its public spending plans and moderate its current expenditure to deal with emerging fiscal imbalances, the International Monetary Fund said as it urged the South American country to enforce better tax laws... More international news     Opinion NHS Scotland: safe in whose hands? By Mark Hellowell NHS Scotland has moved centre-stage in Scotland’s referendum debate, with each side making claims about its fate. But is everyone missing the point about the underlying health funding crisis?  More opinion     Accountant Cheshire East Council £28,127- £31,160 pa Head of Financial Services Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council £59,123 - £65,680 pa Interim Principal Management Accountant Kent Police £42,930 - £49,987 pa Housing Financial Strategy Accountant London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham £49,947 - £52,857 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