Category - budget

October 7, 2019

Revenue from fuel duties down by nearly 1% of national income since 2000

Boris Johnson is said to be pressing for fuel duties to be cut by 2p per litre in the upcoming Budget.
December 11, 2018

Church backs call for income supplement in Scottish Budget to tackle child poverty.

The Church of Scotland is joining academics and anti-Poverty campaigners in a call for the Scottish Government's budget to include a new income supplement to tackle child poverty.
December 8, 2018

Trident is bankrupting the Ministry of Defence, says CND

The Defence Secretary has announced a further £400 million funding for nuclear-armed submarines.
December 3, 2018

College calls for greater efforts to keep existing GPs in the profession

Almost a third of GPs said they are unlikely to be working in general practice in five years time.
October 24, 2018

Call for government to put children at the heart of the Budget

A coalition including chidren's charities and teaching unions says the services and support that children and young people rely on are at breaking point.
October 16, 2018

Charities and church leaders write to PM and Chancellor on Universal Credit concerns

Fifteen food poverty charities and church leaders have backed the call for a £2 billion Budget investment to help fix Universal Credit.
October 14, 2018

Austerity continues for low income familes, says Resolution Foundation

Over 10 million households will be affected by the ongoing benefits freeze.
September 20, 2018

Government plans further austerity ‘by stealth’

Analysis from the New Economics Foundation reveals that services without spending protections could face further austerity after a decade of cuts.
May 8, 2018

Save the Children statement on the proposed EU Budget

Save the Children calls on the EU to be more ambitious for children in Europe, with priority given to combatting child poverty.
March 19, 2018

Police Service of Northern Ireland’s performance ‘good’ despite political gridlock

The Police Service of Northern Ireland continues to do a good job protecting the public and reducing crime despite political gridlock in the Northern Irish Assembly, according to two reports from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.