News - October 2009

Protecting health spending could hurt care budgets, Alexander warnsPolitical commitments to safeguard health spending could have an adverse effect on social care budgets, the director of NHS finance has warned 15 October 2009
Council staff must pay more towards pensions, says London fund headLocal government employees need to take a fairer share of pension scheme costs, the chief executive of the London Pensions Fund Authority has said 16 October 2009
Restructured Welsh health service faces 'enormous' taskThe streamlined National Health Service in Wales faces an 'enormous and complicated' task in meeting expectations at a time of reduced public spending, the Welsh NHS Confederation has said 16 October 2009
Auditors fear for housing programmeSupport services for vulnerable people managed by housing associations and other providers might be at risk because of funding changes, the Audit Commission has concluded 16 October 2009
Rent decrease less than RSLs expectedHousing association rents are set to fall next year, but not by as much as landlords initially feared 16 October 2009
Savings plans unrealistic, expert warnsNeither the government nor the Opposition is being realistic about driving down debt, a leading economist has told senior public sector financial managers 16 October 2009
Children detained in immigration centres suffer serious mental health and physical problemsProlonged detention in immigration centres seriously damages the physical and mental health and wellbeing of children, a UK study has found 19 October 2009
MoD could do better with army homesA third of armed forces families say the Ministry of Defence houses they live in are in poor condition, with a quarter adding that they are also poorly maintained, according to a report 20 October 2009
Denham pledges freedoms for councils to lead service reformLocal government should be in the vanguard of public service reform and can look forward to enhanced freedoms and flexibilities to provide it, Communities Secretary John Denham has said 22 October 2009
'Stigmatising' Neet services need shake-up, says LGACouncils have recommended a comprehensive shake-up of services for young people not in education, employment or training, dismissing existing provision as 'bedevilled' by bureaucracy 23 October 2009
Devolving responsibility 'will take blame off ministers'The government must decentralise power in a 'real and visible' way if it wants to end the 'blame the minister' culture in Britain 23 October 2009
Welsh government aims to invest to impressThe Welsh Assembly Government has announced the first cost-saving projects to be supported by the £60m Invest-to-Save fund 23 October 2009
Northern light at the end of the Iceland tunnel The Icelandic government has reached agreement with the UK and the Netherlands to repay $5bn (£3bn) lost in the 2008 banking collapse 23 October 2009
From Fido to C-3P0: elderly to thrive in tomorrow's world Robotic pets that double as fire, gas and flood alarms could form part of the next generation of measures used by councils to care for elderly people in their own homes 23 October 2009
Whitehall should put savings in Exchequer, Morse detects Government departments need to keep less money in private banks and use the Exchequer as their main banking provider, the National Audit Office has said 23 October 2009

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