The Guardian reports: Seven hospital trusts struggling with crippling private finance initiative debts are to receive £1.5bn in emergency funding from the government to help them avoid cutting patient services to pay their bills. The Department of Health is making the £1.5bn available – in grants, not loans – to the seven hospital trusts in

Labour's John Denham MP has reacted to news that Liverpool has been asked to pay a higher amount of their UK grants in order to ensure fair competition before the city's application for turnaround cruises can be permitted. Liverpool has been told by Mike Penning MP, Minister for Transport, that he is "minded that a higher proportion of the UK grants ought to be repaid in order to ensure ...

Occupy movement tent city can be cleared, London judge rules

Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, commenting on the announcement of an extension to the Plug-In Car Grant and extension to vans, said:

The chancellor said Britain’s biggest banks’ overseas arms may escape capital rules as he announced the government would press ahead with reforms

Made a profit. CBO estimates that the net cost to the federal government of the TARP’s transactions, including the cost of grants for mortgage programs that have not been made yet, will amount to $34 billion. CBO’s analysis reflects transactions completed, outstanding, and anticipated as of November 15, 2011. That cost stems largely from assistance

David Hanson MP, Labour’s Shadow Policing Minister, responding to the release of the Police Authority Grants (England and Wales) for 2012/13, said:

Housing minister Grant Shapps angrily rejected claims he attempted to bury bad news on house building with a major policy announcement as he accused the BBC of a "misleading" report during a live interview.

A big shake-up in crisis loans and grants to the poor is sparking allegations of a looming postcode lottery

Homebuilding boost will see millions of pounds of mortgages being underwritten and developers eligible for loans and grants