Only 2% of supporters expect party to cut public investment if it takes power, says YouGov poll
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury indicates £28bn a year not enough to achieve Britain’s decarbonisation goal
Think-tank delivers scathing verdict on manifesto promises of Labour and Conservatives
Big cash injection needed to prevent nurses and teachers falling further behind private sector, think-tank warns
Touring 14 years of plans to level-up, by slow train and rail replacement bus
Parties ‘need to be honest’ about scale of investment needed to tackle health service crisis in England, warn analysts
Neither Tories nor Labour are being upfront about what is needed to fix them
UK defence official cites possibility that tracking devices or GPS transmitters could be embedded into metal crests
PM’s claim that policy can be funded by reining in tax dodging and welfare spending is met with scepticism
Local authorities still affected by financial crisis and expect further cuts by next government
Tax and spending calculations from both parties are based on policies that are stretched or made up
Decade of austerity fuels record repair backlog in NHS estate, say doctors and policy experts
Former chancellor says it could be ‘one big throw of the tax dice’ before the UK general election
Promises of overhaul hampered by legislative delays and interdepartmental rows, finds public accounts committee
Addressing property taxes that favour owner-occupation would be more productive
Fund says real departmental spending growth may rise at double the pace seen in official projections
Compensation expected to be announced after conclusion of seven-year public inquiry on Monday
Public priorities at odds with government spending programme for community healthcare, data show
Pledge to spend £3.7bn on infrastructure by 2030 has so far not delivered
Public accounts committee says Whitehall departments failing to spend enough time ensuring value for money
Growth must be given the same importance as scrutiny over spending
Assistance provided by maintenance loan falls to 9-year low as inflation cuts into support, says think-tank
City councillors say inflated ‘worst-case’ estimate has been used to justify major cuts and asset sales in local authority
Institute for Government says expenditure beyond next spring is mired in a level of uncertainty unseen for decades
Party officials describe Tories’ plan to cut Whitehall jobs to fund defence spending increase as ‘fanciful’
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