Regional authorities will have to compete with each other for funding for transport, skills and housing developments under plans to be unveiled by the Government today. The Coalition is planning to pool billions of pounds of regional spending into a single fund in a bid to decentralise public spending and boost economic growth outside London. […]

The new benefit rates start on 1st April. After that date, if you live in ‘social housing’, and you have one or more spare bedrooms, you may find your Housing Benefit cut. From that date too, if you are of working age, you will find your Council Tax benefit is being cut too – which […]