Labour to hold down Child Benefit payments, says Balls

 

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 September 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Balls: Labour to hold down Child Benefit payments Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the next Labour government would extend the coalition’s below-inflation annual increases in Child Benefit, meaning that the value of the payment would likely fall in real terms until at least March 2017. At Labour’s annual conference today, Balls also said the party would keep the benefits cap...       News Doubt plagues post-referendum devolution talks The promise by pro-union parties to devolve new tax powers to Holyrood were mired in confusion and doubt over the weekend, prompting First Minister Alex Salmond to claim that Scottish voters were tricked into voting no... Labour plans local housing corporations Labour has set out plans to create local housing corporations that are intended to accelerate the delivery of up to 500,000 new homes... Blue light integration ‘may lead to police mergers’ A former policing minister has said plans to further integrate emergency services could eventually lead to force mergers, but insisted these would be determined locally rather than imposed by Westminster... Benn: more local powers in ‘constitutional convention’ Labour’s shadow local government secretary Hilary Benn has insisted plans for a constitutional convention following the Scottish independence referendum will lead to increased fiscal powers for councils... More news     Public Finance International Africa urged to manage natural resource revenues The International Monetary Fund has urged the sub-Saharan region of Africa to build institutions to effectively manage natural resources revenues... More international news     Opinion NHS Scotland: after the referendum, by Mark Hellowell A leaked dossier shows the Scottish NHS is in deep financial trouble. A tax rise will soon be needed to bail it out... The spectre haunting politics, by Dan Corry It’s called Europe and, despite David Cameron’s best efforts, the issue is proving toxic for the Conservatives and wider Westminster politics... 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