Health and homes central to Miliband’s 2025 vision

 

If you can't see the Public Finance Daily email below click here to view the web version   24 September 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Health and homes central to Miliband’s 2025 vision Labour leader Ed Miliband has set out a 10-year plan for Britain’s future that includes a £2.5bn boost for health and social care, a large expansion of housebuilding and halving the number of low-paid people in the country by 2025. He said action was needed across two parliaments to restore faith in the UK...       News CIPFA debate: call for ‘devo max’ for communities The centralised UK state has become increasing ineffective in dealing with the country’s problems and there is a need for ‘devo max’ to communities, shadow Home Office minister Steve Reed said at CIPFA's 'bar room' debate... Burnham sets out integrated care plans A Labour government would reform NHS hospitals to become integrated care organisations under plans to merge physical, mental and social provision, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham announced today... Labour unlikely to lift housing borrowing cap Senior Labour party figures have indicated the party is unlikely to lift the current cap on local authority borrowing for housing if it wins the next election... ‘No solution’ to fiscal devolution conundrum, says Benn No solution has yet been found to the problem of how to introduce greater fiscal devolution in England and maintain elements of redistribution, according to shadow local government secretary Hilary Benn... Labour’s Mansion Tax proposal comes under fire Labour has been accused of ‘abdicating its responsibility’ to reform council tax by proposing a mansion tax on properties worth more than £2m without setting out plans for a wider revaluation... More news     Opinion What about council workers, Ed? By Heather Wakefield There was much to cheer weary public sector hearts in Ed Miliband’s speech yesterday, but sadly nothing on local government specifically. It’s important that council and school support workers are not left behind... More opinion     Top jobs Directorate Financial Analyst Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust  £30,764 - £40,558 pa Head Of Finance Newport City Council  £70,966 - £76,418 pa Director of Finance University of Leeds £47,328 - £54,841 pa  Finance Manager Swindon Borough Council  Grade R: 32,671 - £43,643 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