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Chart of the week: ECB balance sheet
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- 07 Mar 2025
Our chart this week takes a look at the balance sheet of the European Central Bank, the central bank for the Eurozone.
Whole government response essential to local authorities’ financial sustainability
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- 03 Mar 2025
Pressured public services and repeated delays to reform the funding system are contributing to local authorities’ finances becoming unsustainable, National Audit Office (NAO) report warns.
Chart of the week: Gold
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- 28 Feb 2025
With President Trump planning to visit Fort Knox to check up on the US government’s gold reserves, our chart this week looks at just how much gold is owned by governments around the world.
Dark clouds over public finances as January falls short
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- 24 Feb 2025
A smaller-than-anticipated boost from self assessment tax receipts added to pressures on the public finances ahead of the Spring Forecast next month.
Chart of the week: UK Regular Forces
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- 21 Feb 2025
Our chart this week illustrates how soldier, sailor and aircrew numbers have fallen from 338,000 fifty years ago to a new low of 136,000 on 1 Jan 2025. Could this be the turning point now that defence spending is back on the agenda?
Chart of the week: UN budget contributions 2025
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- 14 Feb 2025
Our chart this week looks at the assessed contributions of member states to the United Nations Regular Budget for 2025.
NAO reports and insights published in Winter 2024-25
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- 11 Feb 2025
The National Audit Office publishes a wide range of reports. Below is a selection that are especially topical and of interest to ICAEW members and the wider profession.
Business tax compliance costs £15bn a year
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- 10 Feb 2025
In its latest report, the National Audit Office (NAO) explores the costs for businesses in meeting their tax obligations and for HMRC in administering the tax system. It reveals UK businesses incur costs of at least £15.4bn each year.
Chart of the week: the end of year capital rush
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- 07 Feb 2025
Our chart this week highlights the big rush in UK public sector capital expenditure in the final quarter of each financial year, prompting us to ask why March is the best time of the year to build new assets.
Chart of the week: Pensioners on the rise
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- 31 Jan 2025
Our chart this week highlights how the number of pensioners in the UK is expected to increase by 14% over the next 10 years. This will have major implications for the public finances.
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